ensued; ensuing
: to strive to attain : pursue
I wander, seeking peace, and ensuing it—
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: to take place afterward or as a result
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After the ensuing corner, Sporting didn’t take a foul to stop Austin FC from breaking on a counterattack.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Hilarity ensues later on in the season when Griffin gets high on mushroom chocolates.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Poland lost some 6 million people in the war that would ensue the following year, behind only the Soviet Union, China and Nazi Germany, and the highest of any nation by percentage of population.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Gulbranson overthrew receiver Myles Libman on a short crossing pattern and the ensuing interception was returned to the Stanford 17.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Hilarity ensues later on in the season when Griffin gets high on mushroom chocolates.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Poland lost some 6 million people in the war that would ensue the following year, behind only the Soviet Union, China and Nazi Germany, and the highest of any nation by percentage of population.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Gulbranson overthrew receiver Myles Libman on a short crossing pattern and the ensuing interception was returned to the Stanford 17.
—Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Ensue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ensue. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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