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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
Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
End of the day, this is going to hurt our universities, chase away world- class talent.
—CBS News, 29 June 2025
Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025
The This Is Us star started the series off with an intense chase scene that ended in his character's death.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Verb
However, the series main character, Mi-ji, has been able to move past the depression that kept her from chasing her ambitions for years.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
End of the day, this is going to hurt our universities, chase away world- class talent.
—CBS News, 29 June 2025
Noun
The suspect drove away and a chase began, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025
The This Is Us star started the series off with an intense chase scene that ended in his character's death.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chase
Verb
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Media outlets subsequently outed him as gay, which led to mental health difficulties and harassment of Sipple's family.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Bezos and de Becker's claims came in response to a story by The National Enquirer that shared personal text messages between Sánchez and Bezos, outing their relationship.—
Alexia Fernández,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Clear federal rules and regulations for issuing stablecoins will massively boost credibility and allow America’s largest enterprises to participate and pursue technological innovations that could improve customer retention, reduce costs, and streamline processes and payments.—
Steven Dudash,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The deputy pursued Finley, reaching speeds up to 118 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to court documents. Finley then turned around at a gas station before continuing south on the highway, according to court documents.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The Minnesota Lynx are leading the pack and are hunting for their first title since 2017.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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All the while, a menacing gangster named Vince (Cranston) looms in the background, hunting Marius down for a debt that could cost him his life.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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While nothing gets a marketer’s heart racing like the quixotic desire to overcome scarcity, the vanishing dollar demos should discourage this kind of self-defeating strategy.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 July 2025
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The European Union is racing to plug a shortfall of as much as $19 billion in Ukraine’s 2026 annual budget.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Noun
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After all, snowmobiles can’t smell seals or polar bears, nor travel quietly enough to avoid scaring off potential prey.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
10 July 2025
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In that way, Broken Voices is about the circumstances that allow abuse to happen; Vitek is like a vampire, a cold and distant creature capable of great charm, and Karolina, in all her disarming naivety, is easy prey.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The human pursuit of flight would be hard to stop from ever happening again.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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How far will the pursuit of likes and followers push these families?—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The decision dismissed most claims in the lawsuit filed by authors who alleged that their books were used, without permission, to train Anthropic’s Claude AI models.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The Post, like much of New York city’s establishment, was already dismissing Mamdani as too extreme to win in the Democratic mayoral primary.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
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Automated processes for service eligibility, resource allocation and outcome tracking direct aid to those who need it most, quickly and efficiently.—
Daniel Brillman,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The military's Space Surveillance Network (SSN) tracks more than 47,000 objects in orbit.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 July 2025
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“Chase.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chase. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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