hot pursuit

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Recent Examples of hot pursuit Creating personalized charm necklaces — a service now offered by more and more jewelry brands in brick-and-mortar as well as online capacities — is clearly a hot pursuit. Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025 City Police Car and Muscle Car Chase With this exciting Lego set, builders ages 6 and up can embark on a hot pursuit and catch the criminal. Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for hot pursuit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot pursuit
Noun
  • The former leader slips to No. 2 following a 7% decline in plays for the tracking week.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2025
  • To help with the tracking, consider using a spreadsheet or a budgeting app.
    Gabriel Rodríguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Smith, who ran her own pet grooming business, devoted herself entirely to Piper’s pageant pursuits.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The mind subconsciously shifts from pursuit to prevention.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That includes decommissioning many miles of logging roads, removing mine tailings and sowing tens of thousands of native plants.
    Alyssa Kreikemeier, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • The 2025 shortlist consists of 14 very different artists with devoted followings.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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