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chased

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verb

past tense of chase
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Recent Examples of chased
Verb
More recently, a bear came within a few feet of a boy in Torrington before being chased away by the family’s dog. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026 Carrington chased Cunningham down from behind as the Fever guard went up for a layup and caught her across the head and neck area, sending Cunningham crashing to the floor. Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 There was plenty of evidence on this point, the most important being that the Kittrells were being chased by creditors at the time of their transfers and the transfers left them insolvent and unable to satisfy their debts. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Season 1 ends with Sugar vowing to track down Henry (Jason Butler Harner), a fellow blue guy who may be responsible for their entire race getting chased off Earth and for the disappearance of Sugar’s sister, Djen (Mireille Enos). Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026 The year of the crash, cops chased 2,278 fleeing vehicles, according to NYPD stats. John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 By July 6, state troopers had chased 196 fleeing motorists, according to preliminary data from state police. Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026 Xavier chased his father around a trailer parked at the curb as Gene tried to evade being shot by his son in midafternoon, in the open in front of four landscapers. Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026 Winkelman then chased a third person, but that person was not shot, per the statement. Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chased
Adjective
  • As Jackie begins to slip in her grades, studies, role in the student body and track performance, criticism is directed at Cole for being a negative influence on the normally straight-laced teen.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The raging seas were thundering and smoking in foam-laced fury at its base.
    JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Critics dismissed the elections, which were held in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Comey’s lawyers are pressing to have the case dismissed, accusing the department of misleading judges, submitting documents containing false statements and withholding key facts.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Nazi Germany pursued a policy of Erfassung, total documentation of the population.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And this idea of the reds and the grays teaming up against the blues very much seems to be the strategy that's being pursued in Silicon Valley.
    Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Freedom — led by coach Paulo Crimber — hunted for their third win of the homestand, facing the Carolina Cowboys, who were 1-1 so far.
    Ava DiCecca, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
  • By last summer, the government had certified more than 178,000 Afghans as having worked for the United States and being hunted for it.
    Shawn VanDiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • First responders then raced to get to the crash scene and used ropes to descend down the cliff, but there were no survivors.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Stylist Lorenzo Posocco paired the dress with embossed leather croc-print pumps, which were largely hidden under her long skirt.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The pad also has an embossed side for mild physical exfoliation, as well as a silky side that helps press the formula into skin.
    Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Seattle manager Dan Wilson was ejected for the second time over the past four games.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Braves manager Walt Weiss was ejected during the ensuing arguments about the call.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The silicon-to-aluminum ratio tracked how big the diatom bloom was each year, while the manganese-to-iron ratio tracked how much oxygen the annual mixing drove into the water.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act means the court cannot order Meta to request children to submit personal data or be passively tracked online, even for age verification purposes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Chased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chased. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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