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Recent Examples of hot pursuit
In an interview for the SABR Bio Project, Henley recounted the details of the fateful play:
(George) Shuba shot a ball to deep right-center field, and Henley turned in hot pursuit.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
One unusual pet has been returned to its owner after a hot pursuit caught on police camera last month.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
Sometimes, the concept of hot pursuit is used to downplay incidental border incursions.
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2014
But whether the United States could invoke hot pursuit to chase militants into Syria is a different question altogether.
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2014
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
One unusual pet has been returned to its owner after a hot pursuit caught on police camera last month.
—Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2024
Sometimes, the concept of hot pursuit is used to downplay incidental border incursions.
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2014
But whether the United States could invoke hot pursuit to chase militants into Syria is a different question altogether.
—Lionel Beehner, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot pursuit
Noun
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In 2015, participating zoos began releasing the snails back into the forests of French Polynesia, marked with an animal-safe UV paint for tracking purposes, according to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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To help with the tracking, consider using a spreadsheet or a budgeting app.—
Gabriel Rodríguez,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This typically includes: Electrocardiogram (ECG): an electrical tracing of the heart which may show dangerous heart rhythms or inherited electrical conditions like Long QT Syndrome, Brugada Syndrome or Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In this two-dimensional tracing of the data [above], the surface of the ice and shape of the bedrock are clearly visible.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Aug. 2023
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Indirect talks between the U.S. and the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism, according to Democratic and Republican administrations, have not compelled Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s pursuit of territorial expansion, seeking to annex Greenland and recover the Panama Canal, could give free rein to other expansionist powers, namely Russia and China.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Maybe that could help clean up the hills of uranium-laden tailings from the mines, or deliver higher-paying jobs.—
Oleksandra Mykolyshyn,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Yellow and orange layers exposed mine tailings deposits in the cutbanks where the river meanders.—
Brandon Loomis,
The Arizona Republic,
19 Dec. 2024
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DeMaio built a broad following by raising questions about government practices — usually poking Democrats who have been in the majority in San Diego and California for years.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Turning off, or ignoring social media is a solution all the players talk about, but in many cases, the brand strength that has led to their stardom, and the name-image-likeness revenue that comes with it, started with enormous followings on social media.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Major League Baseball is officially back in action with Opening Day 2025 kicking off another exciting chase for the World Series trophy.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Several weeks after the police chase, law enforcement pulled over a vehicle Aheran was riding in and found him with a bag containing a gun, other people’s mail, debit and credit cards in other people’s names, over $1,000 in cash and other contraband, investigators said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Hot pursuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hot%20pursuit. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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