spoors

verb

present tense third-person singular of spoor
as in tracks

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  1. tracks
  2. trails
  3. courses
  4. runs down
  5. dogs
  6. pursues
  7. traps
  8. kills
Verb
  • For example, the Invesco QQQ Trust Series, better known by its ticker QQQ, tracks the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index and has $482 billion in assets.
    — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • The same simulation also tracks how often each team reaches each stage of the bracket, including the quarterfinals, semifinals, final, third-place match, runner-up finish, and championship.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of tracks
Verb
  • Sanchez trails only Orlando’s Barbara Banda, who leads the league with 11.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Signs of snakes include small rounded holes, shed skins, droppings, and trails winding in the soil.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
Definition of trails
Verb
  • The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
    — Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of courses
Verb
  • The logic runs down the rest of the stack too, to the companies that supply the chips, the networking, and the electricity, the layers that get paid first when capacity is the thing in short supply.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • With these two nations, expect a physical, fiery battle packed with relentless runs down both wings.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026
Definition of runs down
Verb
  • Service dogs that bark excessively must be taken out of the facility.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 14 June 2026
  • In a nearly 10-minute long video, Pratt repeated social media posts that dogs on Skid Row are used to test drugs, are bred for drug money and are left in poor conditions by their unhoused owners, among other concerns about overcrowded, dirty shelters across the city.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Definition of dogs
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  • When college senior Sloane pursues a nebulous affair with her mysterious neighbor Ethan, the road to heartbreak ends up functioning as a path to self-discovery.
    — Nissa Renzo, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Germany's Volocopter pursues a similar short-hop urban focus with its VoloCity, though its commercial rollout has moved slower than anticipated.
    — Omar Kardoudi June 26, New Atlas, 26 June 2026
Definition of pursues
Verb
  • The dome traps high pressure into one place, like a lid on a kettle.
    — Eric Lyons, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Clear Overgrowth Remove dense vegetation up against the house, which traps moisture and creates a cozy habitat for termites.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Frequently asked questions What kills Japanese beetles instantly?
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • In the end, Sophia kills Elgin and steals most of the talismans that protect the Fromville citizens from the night walkers.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of kills
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