hunted (through)

verb

past tense of hunt (through)
as in searched
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunted (through)
  1. searched
  2. scanned
  3. found
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  • While that lawsuit was pending, Murkerson says his car’s license plate was searched multiple times in the Flock system.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The company at the center of the probe was not identified, but its premises in Romania and several homes were searched.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of searched
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  • Authorities install a chip that is scanned by machines along federal highways.
    — Steve Fisher Special Correspondent Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers gathered 62 people who had never taken a psychedelic before, gave them 19 milligrams of psilocybin, a common psychedelic found in certain fungi, and scanned their brains.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • The sisters also founded fashion accessories label Dannijo in 2008, expanding into sports with DannijoPro.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Trump posted a video Thursday night that directly called El-Sayed a member of the group, which was founded in Egypt; his administration has designated chapters as terrorist organizations.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of found
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“Hunted (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunted%20%28through%29. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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