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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
George was a powerful athlete, a striker who hunted goals.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Its taste reminded me of the lean, faintly gamy venison my uncle hunted in my childhood.
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Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were decimated.
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Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Since then, researchers with Norway's Secrets of the Ice project have recovered roughly 4,500 artifacts from mountain ice, offering rare glimpses into the lives of people who traveled, hunted and worked in the region thousands of years ago.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Dragic was hunted as much defensively as Herro.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
Wild beavers went extinct in the UK around 400 years ago, as humans hunted them for their fur, meat and scent gland secretions, which have a musky, vanilla-like fragrance and were used as food flavoring and in perfumes.
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Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Unfortunately, jailbreaks don’t really fly under the radar, and the duo find themselves being hunted by the FBI.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 June 2026
According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.
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Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Its taste reminded me of the lean, faintly gamy venison my uncle hunted in my childhood.
—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were decimated.
—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Since then, researchers with Norway's Secrets of the Ice project have recovered roughly 4,500 artifacts from mountain ice, offering rare glimpses into the lives of people who traveled, hunted and worked in the region thousands of years ago.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Dragic was hunted as much defensively as Herro.
—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
Wild beavers went extinct in the UK around 400 years ago, as humans hunted them for their fur, meat and scent gland secretions, which have a musky, vanilla-like fragrance and were used as food flavoring and in perfumes.
—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Unfortunately, jailbreaks don’t really fly under the radar, and the duo find themselves being hunted by the FBI.
—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
18 June 2026
According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.
—
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunted
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Perhaps the problem arose from the extravagant expectations of American life, the sense that bad luck will always be chased by good fortune and that the poor man is merely someone who has yet to strike it rich.
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What is the metaphor for young people being chased by monsters really about?
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The idea of blackness like that has been pursued by scientists for decades.
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Lebanon pursued direct negotiations with Israel after the latest conflict began, while Hezbollah was not a participant in the talks.
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Other video showed massive piles of debris as people climbed and searched around the colossal heaps.
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Since then, she had been spotted on multiple game cameras on other properties in the county but was always gone by the time the area was searched, Sheriff Nathan Johnson said.
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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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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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Uber fired the first shot with a ballot measure that sought to cap how much attorneys can earn in lawsuits involving auto accidents.
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More than a decade ago, her association sought the same change at the federal level and was unsuccessful — opposed at the time by Wine Institute.
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Their conversation explored Palmer’s relationship with fame and social media, her connection with her body after giving birth and her journey to a healthier life.
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Some businesses explored new revenue streams.
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“Hunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunted. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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