chase after
Example Sentences
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Vermeer offers a chase after clues by hiding as he seeks, blurring and defining as he moves our eyes around the canvas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
From Robin’s experience, he thinks that “stories can make men do terrible things,” perhaps thinking of all those bereaved family members who were honor-bound to chase after him and get themselves killed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mountbatten-Windsor and a member of his private security rushed to their car and drove away as the suspect allegedly tried to chase after them, the paper reported.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Matthew Breetzke, who made 72, and Marco Jansen, with 70, put on a fighting stand of 97 for the sixth wicket to revived the chase after South Africa slipped to 11-3 and then 77-4.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
And if I got one weakness to what they do, it ain’t when they holler at me or switch me or chase after me to try and ’buke me.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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