spoors

verb

present tense third-person singular of spoor
as in tracks

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  1. tracks
  2. trails
  3. courses
  4. runs down
  5. dogs
  6. pursues
  7. traps
  8. kills
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  • Leisure reading on screens barely tracks with comprehension; books still hold the real edge.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • As of Friday afternoon, Broward had the lowest turnout so far of all 67 Florida counties, according to a website that tracks turnout everywhere using the counties’ own reporting totals.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of tracks
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  • Although that grade trails many Australian deposits, the mine remains one of China’s most strategically important mineral assets because of its unique mix of critical minerals.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Even so, the Galaxy Watch 9's battery life trails that of competing smartwatches.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of trails
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  • What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
    — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Definition of courses
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  • The Reds rallied from three runs down in the eighth inning after White Sox starter Sean Burke allowed only one run on three hits in seven innings.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Blood runs down Zack’s chin before his parents swear to tell the truth.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of runs down
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  • This spring, Anthropic let the robot dogs out again, but this time, an improved Claude worked alone.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Canine transmissible venereal tumor, or CTVT, is a genital cancer that dogs pass to one another during mating.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of dogs
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  • So a lying government which pursues different goals at different times has constantly to rewrite its own history.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • South Korean riser Haeran Ryu pursues her third major win in a row.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of pursues
Verb
  • The cave was used to film scenes with Polyphemus, the Cyclops who traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave before devouring several of the men.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Lightly mist the floor rather than pouring or soaking, and follow with a microfiber mop that traps dirt without leaving excess moisture behind.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Agent Orange is a powerful chemical that kills weeds and acts as a defoliant, which the military used during the war in Vietnam to clear dense jungle and destroy food crops.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In retaliation for Kanan murdering her father Marvin (London Brown), Jukebox (Hailey Kilgrove) kills Raq, the woman who raised her.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of kills
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