Thesaurus results for HOT PURSUIT

hot pursuit

noun

Definition of hot pursuit

as in tracking

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Recent Examples of hot pursuit At least Chris Mara’s hot pursuit of John Harbaugh, John Mara’s acquiescing to the head coach’s final say and direct reporting structure and Dawn Aponte’s hiring and direct report to the coach have marginalized Schoen’s influence and role. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026 But Trump’s hot pursuit of immigrants in American cities requires an unmasking not only of ICE operatives, but of the flimsiness of his narrative. — Time, 4 Dec. 2025 That didn’t stop studios and producers from engaging in a hot pursuit. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025 Creating personalized charm necklaces — a service now offered by more and more jewelry brands in brick-and-mortar as well as online capacities — is clearly a hot pursuit. — Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot pursuit

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Noun

Kpler’s real-time tracking showed total clearance through the strait at 10,591 kilobarrels a day on Saturday, against a pre-war baseline of 17,133.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The spacecraft can harvest energy, locate another spacecraft, and maintain a tracking link.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracking

Noun

Further modifying the settings, with frame generation and ray tracing enabled, got me to 140fps, and the game looked gorgeous.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Its features cover areas such as prompt research, brand mentions, competitor comparisons, citation tracing, and content analysis.

— William Jones, Ascend Agency, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracing

Noun

But in the second half, and with the Seahawks trailing, Fleury opened up the offense, much to the team’s benefit.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Van Dam said the Dutch were surprised to win the right to host the Solheim Cup, with golf trailing well behind in the list of most popular sports in the Netherlands fronted by soccer, tennis and field hockey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of trailing

Noun

The Heat opted to move forward with filling its roster this week instead of plotting a pursuit of the available veteran free agents, a group including guards D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent and Ryan Nembhard.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Deputies attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled and a pursuit began, Igoe said.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of pursuit

Noun

The main character home is less a style than a filter, and the homeowners who apply it earliest will spend less on trend-chasing over the next few years than those who wait for the pendulum to swing again.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
In the past, his adrenalin-chasing has sometimes come at the expense of less extroverted passages.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of chasing

Noun

Every new hiring manager goes through mandatory shadowing to learn interviewing, selling the company and role, critically evaluating candidates and giving rejections.

— Forbes Business Council, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Students are able to participate in industry field trips, job shadowing, career mentoring, mock interviewing, and potential internship or externship opportunities.

— Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of shadowing

Noun

Still, the tungsten from those tailings — in a sense, the mine’s low-hanging fruit — could be ready for sale as soon as early 2027, Haji said.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Sep. 2026
The largest iron ore magnetization roasting project in the world, which can convert discarded mine tailings into high-grade iron concentrate, has begun operations in China.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

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