as in pursued
to go in search of
went foraging for change for the parking meter
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The program is not so different to some policies already pursued by the current Labour government.
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Following in her mother's footsteps, Judith Sheldon pursued a brief acting career in the 1950s.
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Uber fired the first shot with a ballot measure that sought to cap how much attorneys can earn in lawsuits involving auto accidents.
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More than a decade ago, her association sought the same change at the federal level and was unsuccessful — opposed at the time by Wine Institute.
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By the summer of 2021, the company had complied with the government’s initial request to identify more than 250 users whose searches included references to bombs or if users repeatedly looked up the RNC or DNC.
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My husband Louis and I looked up and saw Dick, a 1,500-pound bay gelding, pause on the skyline and calmly survey the mad scramble of men and horses below him.
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“Foraged (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foraged%20%28for%29. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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