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as in to out
to drive or force out
chased the cat out of the garden
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as in to pursue
to go after or on the track of
a dog that likes to chase cars
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as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
they chased all over the place to find the missing child
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Recent Examples of chase
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The Tigers didn’t chase his fastball.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
For the most hard-core searchers, Radford believes the social aspect – getting together, spending a night in the woods with the tools of the trade like nightscope cameras and parabolic microphones – is the real draw of the chase.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
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Verb
For the Heat, any lottery outcome that gives the Bucks something to chase other than a Heat package will stand, at least in theory, as a setback.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The Tigers didn’t chase his fastball.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
Noun
Described as having shades of the dystopian vibe of John Carpenter classic Escape from New York and the chase-across-America cult classic Vanishing Point, the cyberpunk action comic will tell the story in a way not seen too often in modern publishing.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
For the most hard-core searchers, Radford believes the social aspect – getting together, spending a night in the woods with the tools of the trade like nightscope cameras and parabolic microphones – is the real draw of the chase.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chase
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Before Imai’s appearance in Corpus Christi on Tuesday, Espada expressed cautious optimism that the 27-year-old right-hander would need only one minor-league rehab outing before returning to the major-league rotation.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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So says Leslie Fremar, outing herself as the real-life inspiration for Emily, the uptight first assistant to fictional magazine editor Miranda Priestly.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Within weeks of the invasion, when Russian units failed to quickly capture Kyiv, Putin switched to pursuing a war of attrition.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi pressed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday to pursue a diplomatic resolution to the conflict and refrain from resuming hostilities during a meeting in Beijing.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 May 2026
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After losing out to Pfizer on the $10 billion bidding war for weight-loss drug startup Metsera, Novo Nordisk’s CFO says the company is hunting for even bigger deals.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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New Ballet dancer Mikey Desai-Knight will be on stage performing the role of Albrecht during a hunting scene with his husband, Udbhav Desai, and their dog, Chum Chum.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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After racing across the state to collect signatures, that campaign, called People Not Politicians, last year turned in more than 300,000 signatures to force a statewide vote on the map in November.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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As the drivers raced into Turn 1, a handful of drivers were caught up in a spin.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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His robust jaw muscles gave him an advantage at snapping at large prey.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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Having both metals arranged in this way turns the stinger into a biological spear capable of punching through tough hides or exoskeletons of prey.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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My pursuit would be to advocate and fight to strengthen emissions standards, expand clean‑energy investment, seek to fund climate‑resilient infrastructure, protect natural resources and integrate a holistic approach to climate change mitigation and adoption at our local level.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The suspect fled, and after a brief foot pursuit, officers arrested him.—
Sydney Barragan,
Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Then in September, Newsom's Legal Affairs Secretary David Sapp sent an email to JUSD administrators on what appeared to include a copy of the state's motion to dismiss that lawsuit, as seen in public records obtained by Fox News Digital.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Curiel also declined to dismiss causes of action against three of the deputy’s supervisors, who are accused of knowing the female deputy failed to return to the scene and had dissuaded Quinones from providing assistance.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Quijano's team was able to track the orbits of the 15 binary systems to millisecond accuracy.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Fall-Winter 2026 Vogue Business size inclusivity report identified declines in both mid- and plus-size representation on the runway, to the lowest levels since the publication started tracking this data three years ago.—
Rory Satran,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Chase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chase. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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