How to Use in hot pursuit in a Sentence

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• Now the city is in hot pursuit of the No. 1 spot on the list.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2022
• The Ravens tight end emerged from the scrum in hot pursuit of the ball.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
• But be warned: Br’er Bear and Br’er Fox are in hot pursuit of this wayward hare.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 2 Dec. 2022
• But old foe Sean Totsch, who was in hot pursuit of Ordonez, slid across the open goal mouth to block the shot.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
• One video shows police in hot pursuit of the white box truck on JFK Boulevard.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023
• The bear was in hot pursuit of little courageous ChewB and was lunging low to get him.
  — Dean Hensley, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• In the dead of a moonless night, lost in a bayou, with slave trackers in hot pursuit, all hope seems lost.
  — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2022
• At present the amount is $32, but the CFPB is in hot pursuit of regulation meant to push the number down to $8.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• The suspect ran into the Chick-fil-A parking lot with the officers in hot pursuit.
  — David Williams, CNN, 12 Mar. 2021
• The three bucks, in hot pursuit of the doe, ran past Garrett at a dead sprint — all sporting racks that were well above average for the area.
  — Hayden Sammak, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• David Kampf dug the puck out of a wall battle in the defensive zone and Hagel carried it up ice with Kubalik in hot pursuit.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2021
• James Gordon is in hot pursuit, part of a worldwide manhunt.
  — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
• Five teams will be in hot pursuit of the Grizzlies, including the Portland Trail Blazers.
  — oregonlive, 30 July 2020
• To save his family, Matt has to kill a slew of bad guys in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the criminal gang in hot pursuit.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2023
• But the Marines are in hot pursuit, with escalating weirdness amid the open waters.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• Jamie gives birth to a baby boy named Steven the night before Halloween and manages to escape with the child in tow, and with Myers in hot pursuit of them both.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• The sweet tension can ratchet even a notch or two higher when a team in arrears yanks its goalie for an extra skater in hot pursuit of a goal.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
• The court in the past have identified exceptions for police in hot pursuit, but the pursued have always been felons.
  — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2021
• Starting our drive outside of a city meant there was no preamble: I was flung into the car chase mid-scene, already in hot pursuit.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• Another video shows the suspect running from the scene followed by people in hot pursuit.
  — Mike Hayes, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
• Aunt Glo and the funeral director (Williams), now Gil’s lover (yes, that happened), follow in hot pursuit.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
• Tupac was in hot pursuit, catching up quickly enough to land a few punches before the man jumped behind the reception desk.
  — Staci Robinson, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
• With the home crowd on its feet and the magnitude of the Marist-Rice rivalry on his shoulders, Grant darted near the left sideline trying to elude a host of defenders in hot pursuit.
  — Pat Disabato, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2021
• As the runaway ostrich dodged cars and turned heads, tailing it in hot pursuit was what appeared to be a dog, but which eagle-eyed observers later pointed out was a goat.
  — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2020
• Another two, in hot pursuit, die before Tyree manages to disable their off-road vehicle, then kill three of four perps.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 May 2023
• Eros was her subject matter and mortality was in hot pursuit.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Mar. 2021
• After their initial dalliance in a club, the two meet up again in hot pursuit of a baby-stealing Goblin (a baby that Ruby was looking after).
  — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
• For more than a year the Oregon Ducks have been in hot pursuit of consensus four-star offensive tackle Kingsley Suamataia.
  — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2020
• The morning after graduation, Parton boarded a Greyhound in hot pursuit of the usual dream.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• The automotive and fashion industries have been flirting with each other for more than a century, usually with the former in hot pursuit of the latter.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 20 June 2023

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024