pursuer
Example Sentences
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As the physician Peter Lipson, an assiduous pursuer of bogus medical claims, observed back in 2009, “DSHEA, as it was written and as it was intended, facilitates the legal marketing of quackery.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
His delicate chip to the par-five 16th was a shot of sheer class, having seen his plucky pursuer Rose smash a 300-yard driver off the deck on to the green.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024
Indiana State: The loss re-opens the race atop the conference, with Drake the Sycamores’ closest pursuer.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024
He crossed the finish line more than a minute ahead of his closest pursuer, throwing his skinned arms in the air in celebration of the Netherlands’ first title in 38 years.
From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023
The camera owner—a burly man twice the size and height of the one chasing Emily and James—steadied his tripod with one hand and grabbed the pursuer with his other.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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