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as in chased
to seek out (game) for food or sport
lions stalking gazelles on the plains
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as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the irate customer stalked off in a huff
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Recent Examples of stalked
Wiener said the same individual had stalked him on a plane and in an airport in December 2023.
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Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
Jade stalked Chelsea, but Charlotte Flair interfered and hit Cargill wit the belt.
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Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Mimicking the memes that have stalked Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti through this tournament, which make fun of his reluctance to pick young striker Endrick, thousands of German social-media users have done the same with Nagelsmann and Undav.
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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
This is just one in a sweaty dungeon of hundreds of TikTok videos that show women being stalked, grabbed, tortured, tossed to the ground, and handcuffed by scary masked soldiers.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
In 2019, Masterson's accusers filed another lawsuit claiming that they were stalked and intimidated after their initial action two years prior.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
The tale begins in high suspense, with 53-year-old Daphne and her husband, Jonathan, seemingly being stalked while visiting New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
17 June 2026
Police say Bunn stalked and harassed the woman in a blue Chevrolet Silverado and would park in areas to watch and follow her.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Campion has a knack for unsettling timing and imagery while, with a killer on the loose, Ryan has to contend with possibly being stalked and gore that needs to be seen to be believed.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
Jade stalked Chelsea, but Charlotte Flair interfered and hit Cargill wit the belt.
—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Mimicking the memes that have stalked Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti through this tournament, which make fun of his reluctance to pick young striker Endrick, thousands of German social-media users have done the same with Nagelsmann and Undav.
—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
This is just one in a sweaty dungeon of hundreds of TikTok videos that show women being stalked, grabbed, tortured, tossed to the ground, and handcuffed by scary masked soldiers.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
In 2019, Masterson's accusers filed another lawsuit claiming that they were stalked and intimidated after their initial action two years prior.
—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
21 June 2026
The tale begins in high suspense, with 53-year-old Daphne and her husband, Jonathan, seemingly being stalked while visiting New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
17 June 2026
Police say Bunn stalked and harassed the woman in a blue Chevrolet Silverado and would park in areas to watch and follow her.
—
Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Campion has a knack for unsettling timing and imagery while, with a killer on the loose, Ryan has to contend with possibly being stalked and gore that needs to be seen to be believed.
—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
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Achraf Hakimi looked to have another opportunity to take an open shot on goal in the 54th minute, until Dutch defender Micky van de Ven chased him down and made a risky tackle in the goal box.
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Kids whose families had been chased out of half of Europe started the picture studios, the scrap yards that became fortunes, and eventually the software companies that created a whole new world of ones and zeros.
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On June 26, the actress strutted her stuff during Vetements's Spring 2027 menswear show in Paris.
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America's Next Top Model star Kayla Ferrel Onder once strutted the runway for Tyra Banks' judgment on two different cycles of the reality competition series.
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The find suggested the hobbits had hunted with tools to take down the large animals.
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Some of them, like some of today’s shooting writers and editors, probably hunted little or never.
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That exception aside, football’s figurines have strode into North America like a series of Power Rangers, entering the fray, one after the other, each unleashing their unique gifts.
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Models dressed in Macdonald sparkles strode past guests against a backdrop of the London skyline, more than 70 floors above ground.
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Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.
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Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.
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At last Sun Ra sashayed onstage.
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Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko and troupe member Marcquet Hill sashayed their way onto Tuesday's episode of the long-running CBS soap as a couple of hip-thrusting bachelorette party dancers.
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Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.
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