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Recent Examples of stalk
After murdering his way through New York, California, and London with varying degrees of success, Penn Badgley’s stalking serial killer is back on home turf, although this time he’s got a multi-millionaire wife to hide behind.
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Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The federal criminal complaint includes one count of using a firearm to commit murder, along with two stalking counts and a firearms offense.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
It is believed to have stalked and hunted its prey like one too, peering above the water and clamping down on prey with powerful jaws.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Photography, like family, is stalked by questions of power, of ownership, of autonomy.
—Max Norman, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
The federal criminal complaint includes one count of using a firearm to commit murder, along with two stalking counts and a firearms offense.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
It is believed to have stalked and hunted its prey like one too, peering above the water and clamping down on prey with powerful jaws.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Photography, like family, is stalked by questions of power, of ownership, of autonomy.
—Max Norman, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalk
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Owners hide treats amid tufts of fabric and dogs have a blast hunting for them with their noses and snouts.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Beginning in 2018, the agency began hunting for business owners who, in its view, were abusing the law.Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
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His Patrick Zweig struts through every scene with a beguiling swagger, barely concealing the emptiness underneath.EW Staff, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Yet the matchup still gives the Gators a chance to strut their stuff for national TV audience and build on the program’s fastest start since the 2005-06 squad opened 17-0 en route to the first of two consecutive national championships.Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
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According to a preliminary investigation, a group of hunters chased a bear into a tree, and as the group retreated from the bottom of the tree, one hunter shot the bear.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Travelers have long chased eclipses and meteor showers but the night sky is now becoming central to wellness retreats.Julia Eskins, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her hope is that the Lions will let her tag along for a bit in a floppy throwback outfit, a living, prancing contrast to the mostly mediocre old days before the team was 12-1 and finding ways to win instead of inventing ways to lose.Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Brown broke free one play later and pranced into the end zone for a 31-yard rushing score.Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Stalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalk. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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