CHASED (DOWN) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

chased (down)

verb

past tense of chase (down)

as in pursued

to go in search of a historian who has spent two decades chasing down firsthand accounts of the drafting of the U.S. Constitution

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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

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In the most part, IEEFA's Williams-Derry said oil companies have sought to stockpile cash reserves and pay down debt to improve their balance sheets.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
The group sought to prove its point again Sunday by partnering with Nida Abu Baker, whose father was sentenced in 2009 for coleading a Texas charity that bankrolled terrorists.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

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Officials for the nonprofit said that Foreman was a critical part of their team who many looked up to.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
After an hour and a half, Hubbard emerged, with his head down, then looked up at his team, who were standing outside waiting for him.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

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