as in chased
to go after or on the track of
suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife
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Bo Bichette led off the bottom of the first with a home run against right-hander Zack Littell, and the Mets chased him from the game in the fourth inning.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
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Officers briefly chased the suspect through Highland Park, but backed off.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps influenced by her parents, who both worked in the medical field, Pau pursued an education in the sciences, receiving her degree in radiography from Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1982.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Before becoming a newscaster, Gore pursued a culinary career, working as a personal chef, food columnist, caterer and a line cook for chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Police tracked Jackson to his girlfriend’s apartment in Opa-locka.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Falcon tracked the A350 by maintaining specific distance intervals (as near as around 100 meters) in order to collect samples from the exhaust gases.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the years that followed, Blackmon and other lawyers used the law to challenge at-large election systems that prevented Black communities from electing candidates of their choice.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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And their listeners had fun right along with them, and followed them from one station to another.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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Dining at restaurant wars Soon thereafter, we were escorted back outside to enter the competing restaurant, Tierra Reina.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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He was escorted by law enforcement at all times.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The appointment of a new interim chancellor should be accompanied by broad authority to clear out the wreckage.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
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Echevarria is the rare president who walks amid stretching players before games, has accompanied players to the NFL draft and fills his game suite with not just UM but national celebrities.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Bird-dogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bird-dogged. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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