chasing
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“As they become more numerous, I think you’re starting to see more and more people that are chasing after anything regardless of price,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
City, so composed and ordered amid the toxicity of Anfield on Sunday, were shell-shocked on home territory as even born streetfighters such as Enzo Fernandez were reduced to chasing shadows.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Rather than actively chasing prey, the snake may have relied on ambush tactics, remaining concealed until another animal came within striking distance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Both Jackson and Collins have reputations not as expert orators chasing the political spotlight, but as workhorses focused on getting results.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
I knew them, of course, the monks in the dust cloud chasing after me, swinging their old swords in the air in the manner of those unaccustomed to sword-swinging.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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
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
Rather too ornate with its profuse silver chasings and carved leather for every day's use, a heavy Mexican affair which he had won in a bronco "busting" competition down in Texas four years ago.
From Six Feet Four by Jackson Gregory
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
It was a splendid book with an ivory cover, chasings of gilt enamel, and clasp of the same.
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
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