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pursuing

[ per-soo-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

following someone or something in order to overtake, capture, woo, etc.:
Informed via radio that the alleged crime concerned an unpaid bill, the pursuing officers took down the vehicle's license plate information and stopped the chase.
continuing to accompany or affect someone, as success, bad luck, or fame:
They renewed their love, were once more torn apart by pursuing misfortune, but in the end were happily reunited.
following or seeming to follow someone or something with one’s eyes, voice, thoughts, etc.:
He stared fearfully at the pursuing eyes of a portrait on the wall.
following or coming immediately after; ensuing:
The program focuses on core courses in the first semester, and allows students to take their electives in the pursuing two semesters.

So looking at that and that at that time I was also pursuing my career—so there was something here.

For officials like Brohi, pursuing the drug traffickers in Turbat would mean crossing a political minefield.

The final question we should ask: are they pursuing justice and the rule of law, or merely silencing those who embarrass them?

And unless Republicans start pursuing very different priorities in Congress, that prognosis could sting.

McCain said he, Corker, and Burr are also interested in pursuing more vigorous oversight of the Iran deal as well.

In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.

All night long they expected to hear the roar of the pursuing guns, to find the sabers of the Dragoons flashing over their heads.

I shall therefore (pursuing his Idea of six Weeks) take it during the first tranquil six Weeks that it had, viz.

She did leap them, running from one to another in a manner confusing to herself and doubly so to Dorothy, pursuing.

Safety lies in pursuing my increasing practice, and devoting all my spare time to—well, to my real profession.

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