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pursue

[per-soo] / pərˈsu /






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Dispersed economic power leaves people, families and communities free to pursue their own understandings of a good life.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Uefa claims that its 55 member nations would have potentially been harmed by the sell-off plan, and that it may pursue criminal proceedings against other Fifa officials as well as Infantino.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Jet fuel prices will remain elevated over the July-December period, it forecast, vowing to pursue mitigating actions such as hedging for crude oil price changes.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

She planned to pursue a career in finance and marry a man who would agree to live at her mother’s house forever, Leffler recalled with a laugh.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Not the part where we lied repeatedly to pursue a top-secret investigation that ultimately led the FBI to finding Mom in Jack Peterson’s townhouse in downtown Chicago.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The British Embassy filed court documents asking the judge to keep the Tates in custody as the UK pursues extradition.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

But plans to reconnect South Korea's northernmost station to the rail network come at an awkward moment, as Pyongyang ignores Seoul's overtures while the South's old ally Washington pursues its own talks with Pyongyang.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

As the company pursues its comprehensive travel ambitions, the question remains whether the Airbnb of tomorrow can maintain character as the foundation upon which the business is built.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Starlink is the financial engine for SpaceX, providing Musk with firepower as his company pursues expensive, futuristic projects.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

“No, no! The lord of the great horns pursues wise, miserable Gurgi with leaping and galloping. Gurgi fears terrible smackings and whackings. He follows kindly and mighty protectors. Faithful Gurgi will not leave them, never!”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

The private group generally has pursued a less confrontational approach in trying to secure cooperation, and funding, from Republicans in Washington.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Saeed Laylaz, Tehran-based economic expert, told AFP that the new US measures were of a piece with Trump's so-called "maximum pressure" approach, which he has pursued for years.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

New York, for instance, pursued 28,870 estates in 2019, according to government data, but recovered assets from only 4,222 of them — collecting $59 million nonetheless.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

But he has been allowed to keep building while his administration pursued appeals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The alchemists had pursued a secret learning, convinced that only a few were fit to have knowledge of divine secrets and that the social order would collapse if gold ceased to be in short supply.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He said he and his wife Anne were unsure if they would be pursuing further action against the Treasury, but that they wanted "redress".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

The hope is that A.I. will help by encouraging laziness—the less time we spend pursuing answers, the better.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

Professional students, a group that includes those pursuing degrees in medicine, dentistry or law, can borrow a maximum of $50,000 a year and a total of $200,000, according to the U.S.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

"We're not mercenaries," he said in a 2021 interview, describing himself as pursuing "a burlesque form of pacifism."

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

If once he could go, his anger would bear him down all the roads of the world, pursuing, until he had him at last: Gollum.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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