fed (on, upon, or off)

past tense of feed (on, upon, or off)
as in preyed (on or upon)
to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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  • Federal prosecutors allege Mangione stalked Thompson in Manhattan, where the executive was due to attend an investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That afternoon, Steve stalked slowly into a hillside clearing, looking and listening carefully for deer.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • Sharing the stoke Muir and friend Dan Pierson had chased the big waves sent by Hurricane Narda down to Oceanside, finding a secluded spot with few people out in the water.
    Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • At one point during the incident, a Massillon player’s facemask was grabbed; he was surrounded, and then chased by Cardinal Ritter players.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • The species is one of the world’s largest sea turtles, and humans have long hunted it to make turtle soup and to eat its eggs as a delicacy; it has been listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature since the 1980s.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Some of those animals can be legally hunted in other countries.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Fed (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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