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Meanings of chased in English

Catalan
vallee de la peur

A person who is being chased.

vallee de la peur
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Examples for "pursued"
Examples for "pursued"
1
They have pursued their long campaign over thirty-eight years with great patience.
The Irish Times
2
AfriForum picked up the case last year, and pursued a private prosecution.
The South African
3
I saw a gap in the market and pursued it, he said.
The South African
4
They said claims will likely be pursued collaboratively as mass tort actions.
Reuters
5
The department have since pursued a criminal case against the unemployed citizen.
The South African
Usage of chased in English
1
However, he denied allegations that security guards chased people off the beach.
The South African
2
Days, months, years went by as he chased records around the world.
The man who ate the 747
3
They'd outpaced the reavers that chased them, left the monsters far behind.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
4
The woman we chased last night said she had a three-story house.
Thief of lives
5
A grave look chased the smile from the face of Harry Bernard.
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnigh...
6
According to Ipid, the police van chased two of the four suspects.
The South African
7
Inspector Andy Brill said the car was then chased briefly before crashing.
Radio NZ
8
And in other places he pities him being chased about the wall.
Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
9
The victim then chased his attacker through the centre of Raffles Place.
Reuters
10
He opened the case, as if showing the gold-and-silver-chased flute would help.
To the blight: the eye of the world
11
Jones doubted not in the least that they had chased a lion.
The Last of the Plainsmen
12
Maybe he left his clan or was chased out to avoid contagion.
Treecat Wars
13
Well, Clarke chased her away and finally caught her in the woods.
Betty Zane
14
The Islamists were chased away but they are likely to come back.
Reuters
15
Knowing the caverns better than the men they chased, the pursuers circled.
Planet of the Damned
16
The kingbirds chased flies, the orioles searched the fruit trees for insects.
In Nesting Time
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Translations for chased
Chased through the time
Chased across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
Ireland
Common
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