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pursued

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

followed by a person or animal wishing to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chased:
Dogs' keen sense of smell and hunting instinct make it difficult for a pursued animal to escape.
being the goal or purpose that motivates a person’s striving or effort:
Every phrase in the document has been carefully weighed to serve the pursued objective.
carried on or continued:
Going from one university to another for short stays might be less beneficial than a steadily pursued course at one place.
practiced, as an occupation, pastime, etc.:
Whether as a hobby or as a career, music and dance have always been among the most highly pursued performing arts.
studied or discussed over some time:
This publication focuses on the long pursued question of best timing for orthodontic treatment.

Origin of pursued¹

Rebels pursued them and killed many others, but Buamba evaded them.

But instead he pursued a life of science, sailing all over the world to study animal species and their environments.

If confidence and strength were instilled in her at a young age, glamour was something she pursued.

“It does not appear, at least at that point, that she was being pursued,” he said.

When TR again pursued the presidency in 1912 as leader of the Progressive Party, FDR identified with his cause.

The enemy were pursued and annoyed by a few hundred of the citizens under Wooster and Arnold; the former was killed.

But Ulm was only the commencement of the campaign, and even after Austerlitz Napoleon pursued the enemy with grim resolution.

This new-found joy I long pursued in secret, afraid lest it should be discovered and despised as a folly.

Firing a random volley, those that lived turned and fled, pursued by the scouts.

And having exchanged these words, they pursued their way side by side, for a time, in silence.

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