pursuit

Example Sentences

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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

In the same way that food media has pivoted toward a pursuit of the best, so has the word foodie itself.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The guarantee clause has a long but often forgotten history linked to the pursuit of inclusive democracy.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 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

Now it’s a pursuit, and Carroll and McMellon are not experienced officers like the officer who watched the pearl-handled revolver rise toward him.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell