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chasing

[chay-sing] / ˈtʃeɪ sɪŋ /


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The officer said Pickford appeared to notice the chasing police car and pulled over.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

An extraordinary 2,232 of them were chasing House seats.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

“There’s a reason why private equity…bought up pretty much everything that it can—parents are going to spend, spend, spend chasing something that’s not even achievable for 90% of them,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Andrew Jones is an keen triathlete but chasing those triathlon dreams has also meant running the risk of getting ill.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

They were chasing me when I stowed away on a boat that got me across The English Channel to France.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

One knight wore an intricate suit of white enameled scales, brilliant as a field of new-fallen snow, with silver chasings and clasps that glittered in the sun.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

They'd brought fine armor up from the Twins, shining silver plate with enameled blue chasings.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Had laid out to be a little tin imitation of Dora Corr, or, say, nickel-plated, with cast chasings.

From The Dop Doctor by Richard Dehan

To each, a common largess, be a pair Of Gnossian javelins and an axe decreed, With haft of silver chasings.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

He had not thought much about it at the time, for at the moment all chasings of smugglers and expeditions in aid of the manning of the fleet were absolutely at a standstill.

From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett




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