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be on the trail of



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“If all he did was pitch, he’d be on the trail of a Jacob deGrom,” Smoltz said, comparing Ohtani to the Mets’ ace who has an eye-opening 0.69 E.R.A. for the year.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

Paul Lewis will be with Bernie Sanders in Sparks, Nevada and elsewhere, while Maria L La Ganga will be on the trail of Hillary Clinton, who ends the day with a rally in Las Vegas.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2016

Paul Lewis will be with Bernie Sanders in Sparks, Nevada and elsewhere, while Maria L La Ganga will be on the trail of Hillary Clinton, who ends the day with a rally in Las Vegas.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2016

Last week in St. Louis, Dr. Albert I. Lansing thought he might be on the trail of an answer.

From Time Magazine Archive

We remained here over the Sabbath and the next day; glad of rest, though anxious to be on the trail of the enemy.

From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by Stevens, George T.




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