pursuit
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Lee’s pursuit of old tech hardware has always been, at its root, a means to meeting new people, hearing their stories and creating a relationship with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
SYDNEY—EQT’s EQT -1.35%decrease; down pointing triangle AB pursuit of Perpetual looks over after the Australian investment manager rejected its US$2.6 billion takeover proposal and said it had stopped engaging with the Swedish private-equity provider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Atletico often use their social media accounts to respond to rivals, repeatedly posting on X this summer to ridicule Barcelona over their pursuit of Atletico's talisman Julian Alvarez.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Lynn remembers at least once when a new pilot joined in a pursuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Its searches after Truth, are a sort of Hawking and Hunting, wherein the very pursuit makes a great part of the Pleasure.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
LA local news stations regularly break into live programming to broadcast high-speed police pursuits from the air, fly over wildfires and show accidents, protests, and holiday traffic jams in often unscripted, real-time aerials.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
For all his disparate pursuits, Elsesser revels in the small details, incapable of giving anything less than total dedication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Professional success no longer equates to upward mobility for many workers, especially when it shifts focus away from their families and personal pursuits like travel, continuing education and wellness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
In a cutthroat white-collar talent market, lawyers and bankers are listing quirky side pursuits like “building birdhouses” and “hot-dog eating.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
All usual pursuits were abandoned in the Gryffindor common room the night before the match.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing pursuit
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