- present participle of pursue.
pursuing
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True or apocryphal, that scenario captures Musk’s penchant for pursuing self-evidently dumb ideas, which he somehow thinks he can translate into world-changing demands.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
Jill has contacted the Metropolitan Police and is also pursuing legal action.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Anthropic said it was pursuing projects in several “non-U.S. jurisdictions” as part of a plan to “reduce concentration risks associated with operating a significant portion of our compute infrastructure in the United States.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
I felt butterflies just seeing him, but something held me back from pursuing things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
“The Swedes only ran their thumbprint through their national database. It didn’t match anything, so they stopped pursuing it,” said Mother.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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