pursuer

Example Sentences

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As the physician Peter Lipson, an assiduous pursuer of bogus medical claims, observed back in 2009, “DSHEA, as it was written and as it was intended, facilitates the legal marketing of quackery.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

His delicate chip to the par-five 16th was a shot of sheer class, having seen his plucky pursuer Rose smash a 300-yard driver off the deck on to the green.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

Indiana State: The loss re-opens the race atop the conference, with Drake the Sycamores’ closest pursuer.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

“While a just cause wins its champion wide support, an unjust one condemns its pursuer to be an outcast,” the report concludes.

From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Bod skirted the ivy-covered Carstairs grave, and then he stood, panting as if out of breath, with his back to his pursuer.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman