CHASES (DOWN) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

chases (down)

verb

present tense third-person singular of chase (down)

as in pursues

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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Four years later, local teenagers start going missing, and a recluse whose house is slated for demolition is forced to leave his solitary life behind as a supernatural force pursues him.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
The funding would also support faculty positions as the university pursues Carnegie Research 1 university status, Hahn said.

— Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026

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David’s drama follows a mother with Alzheimer’s struggling to preserve the memory of her son, disappeared by the Colombian army, while her daughter seeks to leave the tragedy behind.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
The club remained closed after the shooting, and the filing seeks $1 million in damages.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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