1
as in chased
to go after or on the track of
predators stealthily tracking their prey
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as in traversed
to make one's way through, across, or over
once upon a time, millions of buffalo tracked the wide open plains
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Recent Examples of tracked
In 2018, researchers discovered 500,000 of the devices, mostly located in the US, were infected with malware tracked as VPNFilter.
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
One or more flu deaths have been tracked in 21 other Arkansas counties.
—Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
Nok has been documenting his journey on social media, building an audience of nearly one million across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and his movements are being live-tracked via the travel app Polarsteps.
—Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Detectives tracked them across Northwest Washington using surveillance cameras and footage obtained with help from Metro Transit Police.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
One or more flu deaths have been tracked in 21 other Arkansas counties.
—Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 8 Apr. 2026
Nok has been documenting his journey on social media, building an audience of nearly one million across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and his movements are being live-tracked via the travel app Polarsteps.
—Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Detectives tracked them across Northwest Washington using surveillance cameras and footage obtained with help from Metro Transit Police.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracked
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Andrés Giménez chased after one above the zone, lifting a shallow fly ball that Teoscar Hernández could corral without allowing a run to score.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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This happens as a person being chased by another person runs up from the street, falls on the sidewalk, gets up, and keeps heading toward the house.—
Steve Karnowski,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The wolf — known as BEY03F — essentially traversed the Sierra Nevada in the span of three to four days, a feat Hunnicutt believes was made possible by a low snowpack this season.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Ships flying the flags of Pakistan, India, Thailand, Russia, Turkey, China, Iraq, and now Malaysia have safely traversed the strait at some point since the war began.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
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The family would eventually move to Tennessee full-time as the teen pursued a career in music.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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The former owners of the property, Alterra Worldwide and real estate executives Tony Bader and Mike Sarimsakci, pursued conventional financing and other funding options for development.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Rocker got off to a rocky start in the first inning after a ball slipped past the glove of Josh Jung, followed by a wild pitch, which put a runner in scoring position with only one out, before back-to-back singles by Elly De La Cruz and Sal Stewart netted the Reds their first two runs of the game.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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UConn started the game 7-for-13 from the field and went up by nine with a dunk from Reed that followed the first of two 3-pointers from Jayden Ross.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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For Buchanan, many of these problems could be traced to the Second World War.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The lack of certainty from voters has been traced to the lack of confidence in the incumbent, Mayor Karen Bass.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Gas prices crossed an average of $4 a gallon nationally this week and just 24% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling that issue, a new CNN/SSRS poll released March 31 found.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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So my fingers were crossed for a lively ride, even if there might be some bumps.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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One person sustained a minor injury as the group was escorted out, according to the release.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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Fearful of a violent confrontation, the London police escorted us out a back door.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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Those words will resonate deeply with anyone who has navigated the dual weight of mourning a spouse while showing up, every single day, for children who need you.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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As a cybersecurity reporter at ProPublica, much of my work over the past two years has focused on how the federal government and its IT contractors, like Microsoft, have navigated major technological transitions.—
Renee Dudley,
ProPublica,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Tracked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracked. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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