pursue
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A massive backlog of demand for server capacity pushed companies to pursue novel strategies to secure more of it, from renting chips from direct competitors to launching data centers into orbit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
NT Police remained "committed to bringing this investigation to its fullest conclusion" and would "continue to pursue every avenue available," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Ericsson said it will pursue “internal measures and pricing actions” to offset the component cost inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
You missed out on the chance to compete in the 2020 Olympics because of COVID-19 restrictions and chose not to pursue a spot at the 2024 Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
These special challenges served to make African American women leaders more determined than ever to pursue their cause.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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She pursues what she wants, regardless of the danger.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
As a first-generation Mexican American with roots in Jalisco, Mexico, she is thrilled to join The Times’ Fast Break desk starting today, as she pursues a career in television and print journalism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
From Benedict Canyon to San Quentin, the ensemble pursues clues and follows possible leads, undaunted by authorities’ annoyance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
"JNIM pursues a political-religious agenda, centred on the establishment of sharia law and the rejection of foreign forces, whilst the FLA champions a territorial and autonomist agenda, centred on Azawad," he said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
As we travel over District 12, I watch anxiously for signs of an attack, but nothing pursues us.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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But all the while—and especially after the fall of the Soviet Union—America has pursued “a clear preference for the way nation-states ought to be governed: democratically.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ironically, as Fed chairman, Greenspan pursued many of the same policies he once criticized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"It gave me time to mature. I made great friends, still pursued academics and had great coaches."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
After eight months, the investigators dropped her case in 2025, renewed her private investigator’s license and approved another credential she had pursued as part of her artistic practice: a license as a document destruction contractor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Only the soul, obsessed with the journey it had made, and had still to make, pursued its mysterious and dreadful end; and carried, heavy with weeping and bitterness, the heart along.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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The agency will also issue an open solicitation for Moon Base technology demonstrations and begin pursuing a lunar communication and navigation relay constellation to improve communications between infrastructure on the Moon and Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
"I know that they will be pursuing every line of inquiry to ensure that a person, if that person is charged with an offence, can be brought to justice here."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Reeves said the district “will continue pursuing opportunities to obtain written permission from a local, federally recognized tribe that would allow Marysville High School to retain its historic mascot under the provisions of state law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The plan rides on two ventures that are pursuing the same dream—creating a star on Earth to create abundant low-cost clean energy—in different ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Perhaps Vaughan, blind to his friend’s machinations, had mentioned the investigation that he had been pursuing and confided the location of the hideout containing his money and evidence.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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