chase
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The former constable gave chase until he was ordered to stop and remain where he was.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
In 2017 researchers coined the term orthosomnia to describe the tendency to chase perfect scores with sleep tracking and the ensuing sleep problems, distress, and anxiety from not receiving a perfect score.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
This view is especially common among retirees who chase income rather than focusing on total returns—meaning growth plus dividends, adjusted for taxes and fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"Mass production started when Zildjian went to the USA whereas the ones that stayed in Istanbul were handcrafted and still are. Jazz musicians chase after that uniqueness so that's why they are very valuable."
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Just the team. Lucy ran onto the field and then kept going—I had to chase after her.”
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
Its makers priced a season’s protection at a fraction of the old drug’s cost, delivered it in a single shot, and chased a recommendation for every newborn in America rather than a lucrative few.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Another video showed a journalist being chased by a crowd in the eastern city of Patna.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s been a summer of discontent for the momentum trade, which has mostly been hot artificial-intelligence-themed stocks that investors chased higher and could not get enough of, until they did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Manchester Super Giants chased a target of 81 in just 59 balls as they thrashed London Spirit by seven wickets in The Hundred.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Next he devoured a package of jerky, and chased it down with an entire plastic jar of peanut butter.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Chicken is running the same playbook that has made prepared foods so resilient, growing through mix, brand investment, customer partnership and consumer-centric discipline, not by chasing commodity price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
That means leaving certain markets and trimming benefits, rather than chasing subscriber gains.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
For someone in your position, a slightly lower rate at an institution with a straightforward beneficiary process, clear terms and a transparent fee structure may be worth more than chasing the highest rate in town.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Atletico Madrid are reported to be chasing Romero though and with Spurs unlikely to want to strengthen their rivals, this deal seems unlikely to come to fruition.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Finally the dogs can stand it no longer and they take off from the trail, chasing one of the hares, and I get a thrilling ride down a long hill.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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