go after
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“It is part of our responsibility to try to go after big bets that are hard,” he said to the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
"This now enables the German police to go after these people," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Could it work a week after infection? Two weeks? How far can you go after infection, and still purge the virus?"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
And now it has the war chest to go after more types of consumers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
I heard my mom say to someone, “We moved here because it was supposed to be safer! Where can we go after this?”
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
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