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as in to pursue
to go after or on the track of
let's follow the boys to their hiding place
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as in to obey
to act according to the commands of
follow me, and you'll do OK
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as in to traverse
to make one's way through, across, or over
followed the path into the garden
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as in to note
to take notice of and be guided by
don't follow his advice
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as in to observe
to keep one's eyes on
stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight
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Recent Examples of follow
Attention has already turned to the vast cleanup and restoration effort that will follow, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom promising a Marshall Plan-style rebuilding effort that could cost tens of billions of dollars.
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Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Keke Palmer's son may be following in her entertainment footsteps.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
It's followed by Jūrmala, Latvia, Košice, Slovakia, and Freiburg in Germany, rounding out the top five.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
While the show follows the Howey novels fairly closely, things develop differently; genders are flipped, and deaths happen in different ways.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Keke Palmer's son may be following in her entertainment footsteps.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
It's followed by Jūrmala, Latvia, Košice, Slovakia, and Freiburg in Germany, rounding out the top five.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
While the show follows the Howey novels fairly closely, things develop differently; genders are flipped, and deaths happen in different ways.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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Related Articles Michele, who succeeded Pierpaolo Piccioli in 2024 after departing from Gucci in 2022, took inspiration for the spring 2025 collection from 18th- and 19th-century gardens that were constructed as eye candy.—
Marissa Muller,
WWD,
19 Jan. 2025
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Washington head coach Dan Quinn decided to be aggressive and sent his offense to try and pick up the first down and succeeded on a quarterback keeper from Daniels.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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This insight may feel counterintuitive, given our cultural focus on constantly pursuing, achieving and earning more.—
Colleen Star Koch,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Past Republican Presidents, most notably Reagan, pursued a deregulatory agenda that included slashing budgets and personnel, but Trump has, as ever, put his personal stamp on this conservative impulse, imbuing it with intimidation, threats of retribution, and grievance.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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The officer corps must obey the president’s lawful commands, even if officers judge them unwise.—
Ronald R. Krebs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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The government urged residents to obey: to leave homes and neighborhoods and trust that firefighters would do their best to protect them.—
Jim Newton,
The Mercury News,
10 Jan. 2025
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Others had traversed multiple countries by bus, and yet others had crowded for months into shelters and local hotels hoping for confirmation of an asylum appointment via the mobile app, CBP One, that the Biden administration had utilized since early 2023 to ease the process of applying for asylum.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, the vehicles will traverse the track from Union Station to UMKC.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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Maher, who expressed support for Gaetz's denial, noted that if there had been evidence, the Justice Department would have acted.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Where are these powers noted in the U.S. Constitution or federal law?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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Detectives observed stippling -- a burn pattern caused by gunpowder exploding from a weapon fired at close range -- on Jiang's face.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The film expands on Gates’ assured short Shako Mako, which observes a similar character (also played by Shawkat) plotting her escape from a simulated war zone at an army base camp by secretly recording audition tapes for casting agents.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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When news anchors depart or shows have been cancelled in recent years, the three main cable-news outlets tend to replace them with concepts that highlight opinion, analysis and perspective, rather than straight news reportage.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Bayer Leverkusen's tactician Xabi Alonso is the favourite to replace his former boss, and at a prematch press conference ahead of the Salzburg meeting, Ancelotti was asked if the reports were true.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Berger was walking two of his dogs near the lake when one of them chased a bird onto the ice, and subsequently fell into the water.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Sheriff’s deputies and Volusia County Animal Services officers chased and captured the dogs, who were then confiscated and are being held in quarantine, the statement said.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Follow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follow. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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