pursuit
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The pursuit had begun in South Los Angeles and ended near Marietta and Garnet streets at about 2:15 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
I found myself in a constant pursuit of the best, and I was exhausted by the search, one that began to feel possibly impossible to accomplish.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“While we do not see Meta abandoning its pursuit of AGI/ ChatGPT clones, we think this could be the first catalyst to more rational spending,” he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
This leads to dehydration and eventually “desertification”—a phenomenon the film tracks across a quasi-equatorial band of the Earth, where deforestation in pursuit of farmland has had a deleterious effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Exhausted and injured, Booth could not hope to outrun a mounted pursuit.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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