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Recent Examples of stalk
Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on one count of murder with a firearm, another firearms offense and two counts of stalking.
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Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
Mangione, 26, faces murder and stalking charges filed by federal prosecutors, who accuse him of gunning down Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan street on Dec. 4.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The game drives are also spectacular; my favorite moment was stalking leopards and identifying their elusive tracks in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Modern dogs still retain some of their wolf ancestry, including instinctual predatory behaviors like spotting, stalking, chasing, and attacking prey.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
Mangione, 26, faces murder and stalking charges filed by federal prosecutors, who accuse him of gunning down Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan street on Dec. 4.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
The game drives are also spectacular; my favorite moment was stalking leopards and identifying their elusive tracks in the Vhembe Biosphere Reserve.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
Modern dogs still retain some of their wolf ancestry, including instinctual predatory behaviors like spotting, stalking, chasing, and attacking prey.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalk
Verb
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The weekend before his death, the teens went hunting with their father.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Sure, most of us say the superstitious phrase from time to time, and may even hunt for the closest wooden surface to lightly tap, but the star with a decades-spanning career performs the gesture quite often.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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In New York City, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make a rare public appearance together, and Miley Cyrus struts the streets in style.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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At Ole Miss, the players strut the Walk of Champions two hours prior to every game through The Grove, a famous tailgating area on campus, before going to the locker room.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The capturing of one of the sun's most elusive features is bound to inspire others to chase partial eclipses, particularly those occurring at sunrise or sunset, Seaton said.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Sugar Creek, Missouri police officers began chasing a woman in a car on Interstate 435 Monday afternoon, according to Officer Alayna Gonzalez, a Kansas City Police Department spokesperson.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2025
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The ad, part of the infamous Adrien Brody episode, stars Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph in pastel polos and boxy vests prancing around and pouring pretzels, donning knee-length shorts for a special date night.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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At times, the show subverts expectations, casting Salonga as the Into the Woods witch while Peters prances about in a red cloak as Little Red Riding Hood.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Stalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalk. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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