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spoored

verb

past tense of spoor

as in pursued

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Those priorities overlap with issues Griffin and his investment firm have pursued in Tallahassee.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
The company has pursued efforts to recreate extinct species, including the dodo and woolly mammoth.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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For example, chickenpox was not a disease tracked by the Florida Department of Health until late 2006.

— Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
Health workers tracked down nearly 900 people who had been exposed and made some 18,500 face-to-face visits to check on them.

— Michelle A. Williams, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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Nathan Hayes finished off a 63-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Reis Kessell, but Klein's extra-point kick was blocked and the Bison trailed 14-9.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
That came late in the first half and the Chiefs, who trailed 10-0 at the time, suddenly had the ball with 7 seconds left in the second quarter.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

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Three people were killed after two helicopters collided midair near an airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, October 29, prompting an investigation by federal aviation authorities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The presidency has been vacant since President Jovenel Moïse was killed in 2021.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of killed

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Since no party has ever captured a parliamentary majority on its own, party leaders must agree to come together in a governing coalition.

— Giovanna Dell'Orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Along the way, the former leaders of the AI trade, captured in the iShares AI Innovation ETF, have collapsed by 35 percentage points relative to the equal-weight S&P 500, then regained half the loss, then gave up most of that bounce.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of captured

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In recent years, sustainable fashion conferences have been dogged by the same sense of frustration.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Still, Marshall has been dogged by negative headlines over the last month, starting with a debate at the Kansas State Fair where the senator was shouted down by the crowd repeatedly.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

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