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adjective

as in laced

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verb

past tense of chase
1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out chased the cat out of the garden

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2
as in pursued
to go after or on the track of a dog that likes to chase cars

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3
as in hunted
to seek out (game) for food or sport owls often chase mice in the dark

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as in raced
to proceed or move quickly they chased all over the place to find the missing child

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Recent Examples of chased
Verb
Quarterback Ryan Rakowski of Palos Verdes High was rolling right while being chased. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Hayden said 32-year-old Lemark Jaramillo had chased a 17-year-old boy into the restaurant and was trying to stab him in retaliation for a fight that happened moments before at a nearby Chipotle. — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Smash-and-grab jewelry store thief Deavyn Holt ran last week through a Fort Worth mall and its parking lot as an armed security guard chased, according to a police account. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 The officer was not injured, and chased after Wade and took him into custody, police said. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer's two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton's RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Authorities said Willeford, who lived near the church, grabbed his own gun and shot and chased the gunman, helping to stop the massacre. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 Emotions ran high at a Miami-Dade LA Fitness gym Wednesday, then turned violent when an argument over weights spiraled into a man being beaten with a dumbbell and chased around the facility, deputies say. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Following a 33-32 victory over the New York Giants in Week 7 of the 2025 season while playing for the Denver Broncos, Greenlaw chased and verbally threatened referee Brad Allen as the officiating crew was leaving the field. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chased
  1. laced
  2. dismissed
  3. pursued
  4. hunted
  5. raced
  6. embossed
  7. ejected
  8. tracked
Adjective
  • The Babylone style is a laced stiletto sandal that is decorated at the toe strap with the YSL Cassandre in a bronze-tone metal.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • After Yancy witnesses the murder of Florida’s finest fixer, an ambitious state attorney teams him up with a strait-laced forensic accountant to solve the crime.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of laced
Verb
  • The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • Those priorities overlap with issues Griffin and his investment firm have pursued in Tallahassee.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The company has pursued efforts to recreate extinct species, including the dodo and woolly mammoth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of pursued
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  • For the intismeran study, scientists hunted gene mutations unique to each patient’s tumor, mutations that create proteins which shouldn’t be in the body unless those cancer cells start to grow again.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading ⦠SOUTH OF THE BORDER â Dog the Bounty Hunter hunted Max Factor heir Andrew Luster to Mexico in 2003, now serial rapist is free.
    — , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of hunted
Verb
  • Crowell snagged Brady Allen's pass and raced 46 yards down the right side for a 17-7 halftime lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Griffin Wilde, who finished with 133 receiving yards, Alex Honig and Drew Wagner caught passes for scores as Northwestern (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) raced to a 28-3 lead late in the first half.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of raced
Adjective
  • The collection introduces two men’s styles in embossed polished black and rich wine leather, adding a textured finish to the loafer.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The embossed side gives a little physical exfoliation for those who prefer (and can tolerate) it, but the pads can also be placed directly on areas that need extra attention and left on like a mini sheet mask.
    — Jenny Jin, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of embossed
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  • The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Consumers’ expectations about the pace of future price hikes are closely tracked by the Federal Reserve.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Using a form of spectroscopy, the team then tracked changes in the electrons' energies over trillionths of a second.
    — Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracked

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