bay
noun
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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But for two decades both state and federal officials have been baying after him like bloodhounds, continuously balking his efforts at aiding the masses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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