pursue
verb (used with object)
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
are pursuing
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present progressiveof pursue.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Amid concerns over how officials are pursuing suspects, broader worries about wildfires are far from abating.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, advocates are pursuing lawsuits on behalf of patients whose access to interstate care is restricted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The head of UK counter-terrorism policing, Laurence Taylor, said in a statement that "we are pursuing multiple lines of enquiry to establish the motivation for this attack".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
“The democratization of investing, the access to information on investing for beginners or investing for people who don’t have a lot of capital” is shifting how young people are pursuing financial independence, Jain told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The men who are pursuing grand ideas with no motive more selfish than to make the masses of the world nobler, braver and better, or to give new symphonies to life, are wondrously few.
From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll
