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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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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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Ground units responded, and when one driver failed to yield, officers briefly pursued the vehicle before terminating the chase because of safety concerns.
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Nothing should be ruled out, but this is not something that has been actively pursued by James to this point, according to a source.
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Swimming was suspended while officials searched for sharks and other dangerous marine life.
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Her doctors searched for ways to manage her stress by exposing her to various activities, including video games, serene Icelandic landscapes and an aerial silks performance.
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Wiener said the same individual had stalked him on a plane and in an airport in December 2023.
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Jade stalked Chelsea, but Charlotte Flair interfered and hit Cargill wit the belt.
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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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The Lewis and Clark expedition explored the Louisiana Purchase.
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Many works around the country explored new electronic music technology.
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“Hunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunted. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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