When one nation pursues a nuclear weapon, the risk of nuclear attack rises for all nations.
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Pursues
Synonyms for "pursues" (155 found)
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I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.
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Wisdom pursues me, but I am faster.
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"That word consoled me, weighing fate with fate, / for Troy's sad fall. Now Fortune, as before, / pursues the woe-worn victims of her hate. / O when, great Monarch, shall their toil be o'er?"
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