chasing

Example Sentences

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If New York wants to expand services for its residents while preserving growth and investment, it should stop chasing away its highest earners and start taxing land more heavily instead.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

As Mr. Haskell kept watching, a flock of rainbow lorikeets, in their blue-, red-, orange- and green-feathered glory, blew in, “like windblown confetti,” chasing off the figbirds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Chelsea next face Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, with the club sixth in the Premier League and chasing Champions League qualification via at least a fifth-place finish.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In the past few years, asset managers started chasing retail funding — with some funds becoming reliant on individual investors, who are more susceptible to panic.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

We hadn’t gone far when I looked back over my shoulder and saw that there were no monkeys chasing us.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls