vigorous pursuit

collocation in English

meaningsofvigorousandpursuit

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vigorous
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪɡ.ər.əs/us
/ˈvɪɡ.ɚ.əs/
very forceful ...
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pursuit
noun
uk
/pəˈsjuːt/us
/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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(Definition ofvigorousandpursuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These conditions would not have been propitious for thevigorouspursuitof a new political agenda.
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All that argues for thevigorouspursuitof nuclear nonproliferation.
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Our strategy for its operation combines extensive training and guidance for carriers with thevigorouspursuitof charges incurred.
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There is no shortage of evidence of the vital need for avigorouspursuitof preventive medicine policies.
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Thevigorouspursuitof tax dodgers will therefore reduce the abandoned vehicle problem.
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It has not the tradition of handling competition policy or thevigorouspursuitof competition.
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We shall have to tackle that serious issue by thevigorouspursuitof our nuclear programme and by making our coal competitive with world prices.
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I refer to thevigorouspursuitof defaulters whom it will assume are purposeful defaulters rather than defaulters who happen to become so because circumstances made them like that.
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I shall now deal briefly with the other aspect of our security policy, that of thevigorouspursuitof realistic measures of arms control and disarmament.
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The other way in which we think that the industry's position will be improved is by the mostvigorouspursuitof improved methods of utilising coal.
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Hisvigorouspursuitof this aim and the funding targets placed on individual classes to raise money for the project were not universally welcomed.
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After dusk, groups of sharks methodically scour the reef, often breaking off pieces of coral in theirvigorouspursuitof prey.
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Our endeavour is to help and guide the students in theirvigorouspursuitof excellence in academics and sports.
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Grant's army lacked the large organized cavalry units that would have been better suited for reconnaissance and forvigorouspursuitof a retreating enemy.
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