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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
pursue .
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Examples
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Martin pursues the argument, about the relationship of health to personality, beyond the physical and well into the psychological.
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When the creature heads into the polar wastes, to isolation and eventual death, Dr. Frankenstein pursues the creature to exact vengeance.
MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Literary Villains in SF/F/H 2009
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Martin pursues the argument, about the relationship of health to personality, beyond the physical and well into the psychological.
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Mr. Frankenstein pursues his studies with too much ardour.
Act I 1823
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This leads one to wonder how much more could our own economy have grown had we not pursued free trade as ardently as a sailor in a port of call pursues a hooker?
Stephen Herrington: Fixing The Forgotten Deficit Can Fix The Scary Deficit 2010
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We would not frantically "pursue happiness" much the way an addict "pursues" their drug.
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We would not frantically "pursue happiness" much the way an addict "pursues" their drug ... '
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"The ache of loss chases Tatiana" (as he chooses to spell her) — why not "pursues," which would at least give a metrical line?
The Strange Case of Pushkin and Nabokov Wilson, Edmund 1965
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I have always felt a man should be the one who "pursues" and make his intentions known, but a woman also needs to help a guy out sometimes.
Crosswalk.com - Home Cliff Young 2010
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“[Iran] faces the prospect, if it pursues nuclear weapons, of sparking an arms race in the region,” Mrs. Clinton said.
Wonk Room » Clinton: Hoping For The Best, Preparing For The Worst 2009
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