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pursue

[per-soo] / pərˈsu /






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These are precisely the questions that a serious press corps should pursue relentlessly.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Professor James Arvanitakis, Director of the Forrest Research Foundation, said the discovery highlights the importance of supporting early-career scientists who pursue ambitious questions without knowing in advance where the answers will lead.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Schmitt said there can be a number of reasons why the IDF may be unable to publicly reveal the details of an investigation or a decision not to pursue one.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Bending Spoons, which has spent the past few years rolling up fading tech companies like AOL, Evernote and Vimeo, said it plans to use the fresh funds from Berkshire to pursue additional acquisitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

“I doubt it. They would not pursue us this far only to let us escape.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Chari believes her dream of a doctorate may have to be put on hold while she pursues a career - and a salary - in banking.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

But Kim has recently made modernizing North Korea’s Soviet-era conventional forces a bigger priority, even while he pursues advances in the country’s nuclear-weapons program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Last week, she asked the Supreme Court to take away the parents’ right to control the medical care of the child while she pursues her request for custody in the Texas courts.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

As the company pursues its comprehensive travel ambitions, the question remains whether the Airbnb of tomorrow can maintain character as the foundation upon which the business is built.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

He entered on the path he had marked for himself; he pursues it still.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Both indictments were later dismissed because of a defect involving the appointment of the prosecutor, although the Justice Department subsequently pursued a new indictment against Comey.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

So began the midcentury craze for the key to mind control pursued by, among others, the CIA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Rodriguez had pursued acting before going into stand-up comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Although Nazi Germany pursued nuclear research through a program known as the Uranprojekt, historians have long debated how close its scientists came to developing a functioning reactor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

This may explain why the Justice Department never prosecuted Hale for Bigheart’s killing or pursued Burt further.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

A party spokesperson told the BBC it was pursuing legal action against ITV and the documentary's production company which had used undercover reporting to obtain its material.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The robotics field is pursuing the same playbook that powered the rise of large language models, aiming to teach AI models about the physical world by feeding them as much data as possible.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Legal experts have cautioned that pursuing companies linked to the ongoing pollution remains challenging, with investigations reliant on cooperation from foreign authorities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The creators and owners of AI might be pressed to answer the question: Exactly what purpose were you pursuing, and how, with a sense of the downsides, did you expect us to like it?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

But they never spoke, because Colin had given up on pursuing friendships with individuals not named Katherine.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green


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