hunt out
phrasal verb
hunted out; hunting out; hunts out
: to find (something) after searching for it
It took a while to hunt out the papers, but we finally found everything we needed.
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Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Hunnicutt is the gray wolf coordinator for the state of California, responsible for the complicated and nuanced job of protecting a re-emerging species that was once hunted out of existence here, while also making sure that humans and livestock can live alongside them.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Perry and editor Clyde Folley have watched movies and television shows for a decade now, hunting out depictions of video stores in cinema.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 July 2025
This was a bird so docile and unafraid of environmental threats it was hunted out of existence in less than 100 years.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
This is the first time cougar cubs have been verified in Michigan since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s, according to Brian Roell, a large carnivore specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Hunnicutt is the gray wolf coordinator for the state of California, responsible for the complicated and nuanced job of protecting a re-emerging species that was once hunted out of existence here, while also making sure that humans and livestock can live alongside them.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Perry and editor Clyde Folley have watched movies and television shows for a decade now, hunting out depictions of video stores in cinema.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 9 July 2025
This was a bird so docile and unafraid of environmental threats it was hunted out of existence in less than 100 years.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
This is the first time cougar cubs have been verified in Michigan since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s, according to Brian Roell, a large carnivore specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Hunt out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunt%20out. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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