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pursue

Definition for pursue

verb as in have as one's goal

verb as in persist, persevere

verb as in seek social alliance with

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The government is pursuing some of the country's most powerful individuals -- with a former president, several ex-ministers and the heads of the police, prisons and immigration all appearing in court.

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Police say that there appear to be cases where lines of inquiry were not pursued properly, victim accounts were not taken, and suspects were not interviewed as they should have been.

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Both Betty and Sir Alan were part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, and those claimants were offered the option of taking a fixed sum of £75,000 or pursuing their own settlement.

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Denholm told the Journal that while there is “small overlap” in the technology used by Tesla and xAI, they are pursuing different strategies.

The administration introduced new homeland-security measures and pursued terrorists with diplomatic, financial and military means to prevent attacks before they happened.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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