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spoored

verb

past tense of spoor

as in pursued

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Another lawsuit eventually was pursued when Mayfield and his representatives believed the agreement was not honored.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Van Aert attacked with just under two kilometres remaining, pursued by Pogacar, with the Belgian just four seconds back on GC.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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Vertical stripes ran down much of the dress before shifting direction along the hem.

— Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Bleday also hit a deep drive that Arizona center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt ran down at the wall in the seventh and struck out in the ninth The 28-year-old left fielder topped his career high with the homer, his 21st of the season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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The fatal shooting is Kansas City’s 87th homicide this year, according to data tracked by The Star.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
The second system being tracked by the NHC was a weak area of low pressure with disorganized cloudiness and showers located in the northeastern and north-central Gulf.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026

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Before the launch of ChatGPT, the price-to-earnings multiple of the SOX trailed the S & P's by about 9%, according to Arya's calculations.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Tampa Bay had lost seven of its last 10, but never trailed against the Tigers, who have lost six straight and nine of 10 to fall way behind in the race for the final AL wild card.

— Dave Hogg, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

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Rob and Michelle Reiner were killed on December 14, 2025, and Nick is charged with two counts of murder.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Son of a partisan fighter The son of a World War Two partisan fighter killed in 1945, Mladic was an officer in the old communist Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) when Yugoslavia's disintegration began in 1991.

— Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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