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as in outs
to drive or force out
chased the cat out of the garden
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as in pursues
to go after or on the track of
a dog that likes to chase cars
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as in rushes
to proceed or move quickly
they chased all over the place to find the missing child
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Recent Examples of chases
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
In the Ring video, a person dressed in black pants and a gray T-shirt, with a gray sweatshirt draped over his shoulder, chases two dogs down a residential street, spraying them with pellets from what looks like a gel gun.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Or do coaches even matter and everyone just chases the bag?
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Both trials — one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the other in Los Angeles — pointed to the struggles Meta has faced to adequately police Facebook and Instagram, which remain the primary cash engines as the company chases Google, OpenAI and Anthropic in artificial intelligence.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Catcher Clayton Namken chases a high fastball, striking out swinging.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
Prying the 26-year-old striker away from Chelsea as the club chases a Women’s Super League title wasn’t cheap.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2026
In the film, when mobster Marsellus Wallace sees Bruce Willis’ boxer character Butch crossing the street — after Butch defied Wallace’s orders to throw a match — Wallace chases Butch into a pawnshop.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The team’s tactics, including high-speed car chases, and its opaque operations disturbed some NYPD officials, but the unit expanded significantly amid the support of then-Mayor Eric Adams.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
Stolen cars and dangerous chases are turning Minneapolis streets into crime scenes.
—Ubah Ali, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Those chases included a showdown with more than a dozen bikers, a 100-mph pursuit in Palm Desert and a chase that ended in gunfire in Joshua Tree.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
This fourth season was the series’ most ambitious, both in its set pieces (shoot-outs, car chases) and in its interrogation of what its characters value and love, and if Dark Winds can keep mixing up the flavor of Leaphorn and Chee’s foes, its forecast looks good.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Reuters Google’s embrace of defense work shows how far employee activism has weakened as the company clamps down on internal dissent and chases AI-era government contracts.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Rosalía chases that friction across Lux.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
Both movies are typically kinetic Scott spectacles, non-stop chases that showcase the filmmaker’s gifts for visceral action.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
Jordan Spieth chases a career Grand Slam.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 May 2026
Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
In the Ring video, a person dressed in black pants and a gray T-shirt, with a gray sweatshirt draped over his shoulder, chases two dogs down a residential street, spraying them with pellets from what looks like a gel gun.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
Or do coaches even matter and everyone just chases the bag?
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Both trials — one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the other in Los Angeles — pointed to the struggles Meta has faced to adequately police Facebook and Instagram, which remain the primary cash engines as the company chases Google, OpenAI and Anthropic in artificial intelligence.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
Catcher Clayton Namken chases a high fastball, striking out swinging.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
Prying the 26-year-old striker away from Chelsea as the club chases a Women’s Super League title wasn’t cheap.
—Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2026
In the film, when mobster Marsellus Wallace sees Bruce Willis’ boxer character Butch crossing the street — after Butch defied Wallace’s orders to throw a match — Wallace chases Butch into a pawnshop.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
All of the fight scenes and high-speed chases will keep you hooked.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
The team’s tactics, including high-speed car chases, and its opaque operations disturbed some NYPD officials, but the unit expanded significantly amid the support of then-Mayor Eric Adams.
—Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 May 2026
Stolen cars and dangerous chases are turning Minneapolis streets into crime scenes.
—Ubah Ali, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Those chases included a showdown with more than a dozen bikers, a 100-mph pursuit in Palm Desert and a chase that ended in gunfire in Joshua Tree.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
This fourth season was the series’ most ambitious, both in its set pieces (shoot-outs, car chases) and in its interrogation of what its characters value and love, and if Dark Winds can keep mixing up the flavor of Leaphorn and Chee’s foes, its forecast looks good.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Reuters Google’s embrace of defense work shows how far employee activism has weakened as the company clamps down on internal dissent and chases AI-era government contracts.
—Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Rosalía chases that friction across Lux.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
Both movies are typically kinetic Scott spectacles, non-stop chases that showcase the filmmaker’s gifts for visceral action.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chases
Verb
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Ezekiel Richardson outs himself as a spy for the Continental Army to Claire.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish.—
Betsy Andrews,
Saveur,
20 Feb. 2026
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McDonough will lead the league’s strategy, operations and execution as the USL pursues its long-term vision for professional soccer in the United States.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
15 May 2026
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Once again, Spieth pursues his career Grand Slam.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Down below, an Army private (Charles Melton) hunts the killer.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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This is an eagle that genuinely hunts monkeys in the forest canopy.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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With no way to stop it, Beth rushes to get the horses out in a trailer while Rip cuts the fences in an effort to give their cattle a fighting chance.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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It’s also borne of relentless aggression on the forecheck, which can lead to a fair amount of odd-man rushes toward Andersen’s net.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The marble that makes up the bathrooms comes from nearby quarries; some have marble from a nearby quarry, and others have the same reddish marble used at Le Petit Trianon at Versailles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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Results published in Nature show that cells use bioelectricity to coordinate a complex collective behavior called extrusion, a vital process that ejects sick or struggling individual cells from tissue to maintain health and keep growth in check.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Every Friday morning, the weekly Fortune 500 Power Moves column tracks Fortune 500 company C-suite shifts—see the most recent edition.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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The data tracks debts – including mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans – in 11 big states and the nation going back to 2003.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
Verb
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That goes for much here, from the light that scurries away from Benjamín Echazarreta’s muted camera, to the moments of sweetness that punctuate Mariá Portugal’s largely ominous score.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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The way Radcliffe scurries out of his chair and into the green room to meet Liu illustrates her visceral impact.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Chases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chases. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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