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Recent Examples of hot pursuit
Creating personalized charm necklaces — a service now offered by more and more jewelry brands in brick-and-mortar as well as online capacities — is clearly a hot pursuit.
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Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
City Police Car and Muscle Car Chase With this exciting Lego set, builders ages 6 and up can embark on a hot pursuit and catch the criminal.
—Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
In an interview for the SABR Bio Project, Henley recounted the details of the fateful play:
(George) Shuba shot a ball to deep right-center field, and Henley turned in hot pursuit.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
One unusual pet has been returned to its owner after a hot pursuit caught on police camera last month.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
City Police Car and Muscle Car Chase With this exciting Lego set, builders ages 6 and up can embark on a hot pursuit and catch the criminal.
—Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
In an interview for the SABR Bio Project, Henley recounted the details of the fateful play:
(George) Shuba shot a ball to deep right-center field, and Henley turned in hot pursuit.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
One unusual pet has been returned to its owner after a hot pursuit caught on police camera last month.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot pursuit
Noun
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The real value will not lie in tracking deadlines but in helping one another find clarity, meaning, and growth inside increasingly fluid work arrangements.—
John Winsor,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed scrapping a 2010 program that requires polluters to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions — the country’s most comprehensive tracking system.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Each investigation into a case includes identifying and reaching out to people who may have been exposed by the person who tested positive for measles, a process known as contact tracing.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the crayoned tracing of Jaron’s hand above Goldie’s head was almost invisible.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Today, even with the P/E reduced to roughly 110x trailing and 60x forward earnings, investors are increasingly questioning the sustainability of such a valuation, especially as growth in subscription revenue slows from peak levels.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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With six seconds remaining and Ohio State trailing by a point, the Buckeyes faced third-and-20 at the Oregon 38-yard line.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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But the broader debate—the question of when, exactly, the pursuit of athletic achievement compromises the bulk of the achievement itself—has begun to reverberate far beyond the mountains.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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Despite her own entrepreneurial pursuits, her advice to young women has centered around prioritizing homemaking.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Nearby Juno Beach is home the famous Juno Beach Pier, a 990-foot boardwalk that’s a popular spot for fishing and sunset chasing.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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When Tucker lands in free agency, he's set to have some of the biggest spenders in the league chasing after him.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The best way to explore a pivot is through low-risk experiments—side projects, volunteering, freelancing or shadowing.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sand-like tailings connect the mainland with the larger rocky island in Lake Superior, and some visitors scramble up its steep face to the top.—
Duluth News Tribune,
Twin Cities,
18 Aug. 2025
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The plaintiffs also argued that that a tailings dam, if breached, would send a flood of toxic sludge that would heavily impact the communities of Dripping Springs, Kearny and Winkelman, and could possibly travel about 280 miles down the Gila River's watershed.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The group has 22,400 TikTok followers, but a tiny YouTube following of just 3,320 YouTube subscribers.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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The bookstore started gaining its following during the Beat era, becoming the gathering spot for the Peninsula’s intellectual set around the same time similar ideas were brewing at Cody’s Books in Berkeley and City Lights in San Francisco.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Hot pursuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20pursuit. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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