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pursuit

[per-soot] / pərˈsut /




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By adding the two-time reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, the Dodgers are poised to enter October in pursuit of a three-peat with one of the best pitching rotations in MLB history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

A police pursuit in Queensland has ended in two arrests, with authorities taken on a high-speed car chase across Ipswich and Brisbane.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

"They even have make-up artists to help you," she said as she mounted a crimson superbike, wrapped her arms around her driver and sped off with a videographer in pursuit.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The driver, she said, led deputies on a mile-long pursuit that ended in the 2400 block of Wandering Ridge Drive, where the deputies ordered the driver and a passenger out of the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

I had thought he would hardly speak to me, and I was certain he had given up the pursuit of his matrimonial scheme: the sequel showed I was mistaken on both points.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The result is that people now see shared pursuits — a weekly tennis game, a book club, a knitting circle — as potential products to claim and monetize.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

The pursuits of Fernandes and Tonali, both players who have been targeted by Tottenham's big-six rivals, shows that Spurs have increased the squad's wage ceiling, which under Levy had proved prohibitive to attracting elite players.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Now, his goals are more flexible when it comes to fitness, and he’s exploring other pursuits, like his eponymous tennis academy and school, which his son attends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

And, yes, of course, I was thinking of goodbyes, and I was thinking of moving on, and new pursuits and all of these things.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Rather, he had them, but they were in a perpetual state of regrowing from being burned off in the course of his alchemical pursuits.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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