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Petro, himself a former guerrilla fighter, has been pursuing a controversial peace strategy with various armed factions which has seen intermittent ceasefires and periods of relatively little violence.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Bri Ana Wagner, a 29-year-old living in Los Angeles, has been pursuing acting for around a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Since 2023, the Justice Department has been pursuing a civil antitrust suit External link against the firm Agri Stats, which operates information exchanges on which poultry and pork farmers share price and cost information.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

He thinks that while some investors may also be losing patience as to when value gets unlocked from the vertical strategy that Telus has been pursuing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He has been pursuing me all day, carries a sword-stick, and is an Indian military officer.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis