to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly · to seek after · to woo

She will never be able to get the things she pursues!

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

We must have something to live for.

The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.