chasing
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But regulators and analysts worry insurers are chasing complex offshore investments that introduce new risks into the industry as part of the pensions boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Like many Zimbabweans facing bleak economic prospects at home, the cousins were chasing better opportunities, in a story echoed across the continent.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The BBC is chasing the UK authorities for comment.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Zinger expressed the same sentiment in a Substack post last week, writing that Google’s AI strategy is solidifying around “prosaic matters” such as coding and search, instead of DeepMind’s original vision of chasing AGI.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
“The creature you’re chasing is called an aboatia,” the woman answers, accentuating the syllables in the word.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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One knight wore an intricate suit of white enameled scales, brilliant as a field of new-fallen snow, with silver chasings and clasps that glittered in the sun.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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They'd brought fine armor up from the Twins, shining silver plate with enameled blue chasings.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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The milk was in a battered pewter pitcher, but the dish that held the corn bread was of heavy silver, with intricate chasings about the rim.
From Mr. Opp by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
For she caught the glint of light flaming back from the silver chasings of his bridle and from the barrel of the gun across the hollow of his left arm.
From The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory
He had doffed his rusty black for a suit of azure and silver; his sword and poniard were heavy with silver chasings.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
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