running after
Example Sentences
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Evolution may be less like climbing steadily toward perfection and more like running after a world that keeps moving.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
With Rangers now arithmetically out of the running after three consecutive losses, it is down to Hearts and defending champions Celtic.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
It felt like missing the last helicopter out of ’Nam, as if I were running after couplehood as bombs went off around me and yelling, “Nnnnnooooooooooo!!”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
It and its leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, who only recently returned from exile, were disqualified from running after the Supreme Court ruled their legislative and presidential applications had been submitted after the deadline.
From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025
He pantomimed running instead, inching away until Gloria found herself running after him as he dodged her narrowly, forcing her to veer in helpless circles, little arms outstretched and fanning at the air.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
