as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the actor eventually couldn't take the constant hounding by reporters and fans
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as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
after the scandal came to light, the politician was hounded by reporters night and day
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as in urging
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
kept hounding his mother to let him drive her car until she gave in
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Recent Examples of hounding
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Zach Benson, who only turned 21 last week, was an absolute menace for the Sabres, with his puck-hounding, playmaking and overall two-way game.
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Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
Members of the media followed the family constantly, hounding them for quotes.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2026
The Thunder have no weak links defensively and have several guys capable of hounding Jalen Brunson and disrupting Karl-Anthony Towns’ flow.
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James L. Edwards Iii,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
The searches add to a growing list of legal cases that are hounding Spain's Socialists.
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ABC News,
27 May 2026
At times texts showed Diamantis hounding them for his payment and threatening to remove them from school jobs if he wasn’t paid.
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Dave Altimari,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
San Diego is where Pitino’s basketball ghosts, after hounding him for decades, were sent far away, perhaps for good.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the individuals in question continue hounding her for autographs and photos.
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
Democrats are hounding the president and other Republicans on affordability, an issue that resonates with voters.
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Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
But that was no surprise in a notoriously toxic period for British tabloids that subjected female stars (both homegrown and American, like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears) to invasions of privacy and public hounding.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Zach Benson, who only turned 21 last week, was an absolute menace for the Sabres, with his puck-hounding, playmaking and overall two-way game.
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Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
20 May 2026
Verb
Speaking about the tumultuous relationship on a 2024 episode of SiriusXM's This Life of Mine with James Corden, Miller reflected on the boiling point between the scandalous affair and the chaos of the paparazzi and tabloids hounding them.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 June 2026
Members of the media followed the family constantly, hounding them for quotes.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2026
The Thunder have no weak links defensively and have several guys capable of hounding Jalen Brunson and disrupting Karl-Anthony Towns’ flow.
—
James L. Edwards Iii,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
The searches add to a growing list of legal cases that are hounding Spain's Socialists.
—
ABC News,
27 May 2026
At times texts showed Diamantis hounding them for his payment and threatening to remove them from school jobs if he wasn’t paid.
—
Dave Altimari,
Hartford Courant,
20 Apr. 2026
San Diego is where Pitino’s basketball ghosts, after hounding him for decades, were sent far away, perhaps for good.
—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, the individuals in question continue hounding her for autographs and photos.
—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Mar. 2026
Democrats are hounding the president and other Republicans on affordability, an issue that resonates with voters.
—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hounding
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During the pursuit, police said Johnson turned toward the Guard members with his weapon.
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Furthermore, current jobs, even if not ideal, can fund these personal pursuits, fostering a positive outlook that ultimately aids career progression.
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Imanaga recovered a bit after the leadoff home run, but the Cardinals lineup coaxed long at-bats and drove up his pitch count, chasing the left-hander from the game after 4 2/3 innings.
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These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.
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Your 10th House of Career and Status receives Jupiter, urging long-range vision and public progress that grows through structure.
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City officials are urging residents to take the heat seriously.
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An index tracking semiconductor stocks has surged almost 88% since March, its best quarterly performance on record, according to FactSet data that goes back until to 1994.
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To estimate how many parasitoid wasp species in the Costa Rican national park have evaded detection, the researchers took cues from infectious disease tracking.
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While future modeling gigs are up in the air, the brothers said that their priority is pursuing music.
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Rather than pursuing one clear objective, Mars has the strength, energy and mental capacity to entertain several ideas, conversations and conflicts simultaneously when transiting this Air sign.
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Its dressing—creamy from mayonnaise, subtly sweet from a touch of sugar—is begging for the pickle's salty acidity.
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The 2026 Toyota Crown is a tame but stylish family car, neither begging you to go off-road or to step on it around country mountains, but instead being an all-around great hauler with the quality Toyota’s known for.
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The funds would come from the Commodity Credit Corporation, a funding initiative through the federal agency, and would go toward tracing, surveying and trapping response programs for the next three years.
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Other response efforts have scaled up significantly since the start of the outbreak, officials said, but contact tracing continues to lag.
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Federal rules require airlines to provide help to passengers with disabilities, including escorting them through airports and assisting during delays or cancellations.
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The immigration officer escorting him allowed the two to hug.
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“Hounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hounding. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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