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as in chased
to seek out (game) for food or sport
Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter
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as in pursued
to go in search of
I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer
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as in searched
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles
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Recent Examples of hunted
The worst killers on Earth are captured and taken to an alien planet/game preserve where they're hunted by two warring Predator factions.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Bears were once hunted so much in Japan that their population dropped precipitously – but environmental protections were introduced in the 1990s, allowing the bear population to recover.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Others were captured in the following days as the regime forces hunted them down.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Wolves were hunted to local extinction in California but began to return in 2011 after a wolf known as OR-7 migrated into the state from Oregon.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The novel is set in Rainshadow City, a fictional town full of corruption and poverty where citizens are hunted by the Lucky Crows, a criminal organization.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Cooking the meat does not eliminate the PFAS concentrations, and the MDIFW urged hunters to dispose of any wild turkey or deer hunted in the warning areas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Sudan has become a place where civilians are hunted, not helped.
—David Miliband, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Bears were once hunted so much in Japan that their population dropped precipitously – but environmental protections were introduced in the 1990s, allowing the bear population to recover.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Others were captured in the following days as the regime forces hunted them down.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Wolves were hunted to local extinction in California but began to return in 2011 after a wolf known as OR-7 migrated into the state from Oregon.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The novel is set in Rainshadow City, a fictional town full of corruption and poverty where citizens are hunted by the Lucky Crows, a criminal organization.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Cooking the meat does not eliminate the PFAS concentrations, and the MDIFW urged hunters to dispose of any wild turkey or deer hunted in the warning areas.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Sudan has become a place where civilians are hunted, not helped.
—David Miliband, Time, 4 Nov. 2025
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunted
Verb
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Then Oliver splashes his blameless girlfriend in the face, and the three men flee, chased by a group of enraged barflies.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The investigation seemed to stall after her body was found as police chased leads that did not pan out.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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The couple became tabloid fixtures and were persistently pursued by the paparazzi.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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In Season 3, Srikant must navigate life on the run with his family while being pursued by TASC, his own intelligence unit, in addition to the new threats.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Officers searched the home, but Melodee was nowhere to be found.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Detective Jeremiah Hanson reached out to the Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center, a group of nine states that shared law-enforcement data, and asked for a historical record of every time someone had searched Ryan’s name—during a traffic stop, for example.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Vito Acconci masturbated under a wooden ramp and stalked people on the streets of New York City.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the clip, a young Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is back in the Upside Down, where he was sent in Season 1, and he’s being stalked by its terrifying monsters.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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The parents both told the outlet, though, that their son has not sought political advice from them.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Massachusetts had passed a state law exempting its citizens from serving in such an undeclared war, and the state then sought to bring the question of the conflict’s constitutionality before the justices.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Fellow Dolphins pass rusher Bradley Chubb was available, too, and the Ravens explored that option.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Yet, despite his pedigree and the spotlight that comes with being Deion Sanders’ son, Cleveland has seemingly explored every other option to jump-start the offense.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Hunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunted. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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