stalk

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Recent Examples of stalk The man accused of carrying out the killings, Vance Boelter, has been charged with stalking and murdering the Hortmans, and stalking and shooting the Hoffmans. Alana Wise, NPR, 28 June 2025 Gi-hun spends the round stalking Dae-ho and eventually kills him. Kayti Burt, Time, 27 June 2025 By breaking the unwritten rule of playing with another person’s tarot cards, each of the friends are stalked by ancient astrologer who bound her soul to the deck bu physically manifesting herself as the ghoulish characters pictured on the cards they were dealt. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 Green, 53, pleaded guilty to the main murder-for-hire conspiracy charge along with stalking and brandishing a firearm during a violent crime. Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for stalk
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Verb
  • All the while, a menacing gangster named Vince (Cranston) looms in the background, hunting Marius down for a debt that could cost him his life.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • The Minnesota Lynx are leading the pack and are hunting for their first title since 2017.
    Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Throughout the movie, interspersed with shots of an exasperated Silverstone fending off her younger lover’s calls to her office and strutting through New York City streets in sky-high stilettos, are shots of Silverstone in gym clothes boxing with a personal trainer to blow off steam.
    Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 4 July 2025
  • Fans at the Grease Sing-A-Long screening at the Hollywood Bowl last night got a surprise when the original Danny Zuko strutted out onstage.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The hydraulic anti-roll can get slightly upset on bumpy roads, however, as a friend chasing me on a liter bike noted on a Malibu pullout.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Each morning, a small herd of bulls runs through the village streets, chasing thousands of participants clad in all white with red scarves.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • The sculpture includes the full car body, along with Ferrari’s official prancing horse badges, front and rear lamp lenses, and hood straps.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Ball, prancing handsomely around the stage in a leather jacket and see-through club shirt, leaves a stylish impression when in motion.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025

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“Stalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalk. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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