as in archers
a person who hunts game
hunters must have a license to shoot deer
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Recent Examples of hunters
While bear meat may not be as common as venison or elk on most Americans' dinner tables, hunters regularly harvest and consume brown bears, especially in Alaska.
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Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Diehard hunters since childhood, brothers Chris and Josh Neville grew up hunting in Iowa and eventually migrated westward for bigger wilderness and bigger prey.
—C.c. Weiss
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
Job hunters can apply quickly, Bachaud said, and employers are expected to move quickly, too.
—Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Eastern North Carolina and its coastline are a major draw for megalodon tooth hunters, because the region was once the floor of an ancient ocean, archaeologists say.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
Many of them are avid hunters and anglers.
—Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Now, the mortgage rate reversal didn’t create the pricing discounts house hunters wanted.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Three masked teens were arrested Tuesday for trying to break into the conductor’s cab of a southbound F train in Brooklyn in broad daylight — the latest escalation in the MTA’s ongoing battle to stop juvenile joyriders and teenage train-trophy hunters.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
Indeed, these guards would later impede the process of careful documentation — providing inconsistent access to researchers and journalists, for example, even as social media influencers, fame-hunters and adventurers were permitted to pass through freely.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Diehard hunters since childhood, brothers Chris and Josh Neville grew up hunting in Iowa and eventually migrated westward for bigger wilderness and bigger prey.
—C.c. Weiss
may 31, New Atlas, 31 May 2026
Job hunters can apply quickly, Bachaud said, and employers are expected to move quickly, too.
—Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Eastern North Carolina and its coastline are a major draw for megalodon tooth hunters, because the region was once the floor of an ancient ocean, archaeologists say.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
Many of them are avid hunters and anglers.
—Joe Murphy, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
Now, the mortgage rate reversal didn’t create the pricing discounts house hunters wanted.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Three masked teens were arrested Tuesday for trying to break into the conductor’s cab of a southbound F train in Brooklyn in broad daylight — the latest escalation in the MTA’s ongoing battle to stop juvenile joyriders and teenage train-trophy hunters.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
Indeed, these guards would later impede the process of careful documentation — providing inconsistent access to researchers and journalists, for example, even as social media influencers, fame-hunters and adventurers were permitted to pass through freely.
—Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026
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“Hunters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunters. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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