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as in chased
to seek out (game) for food or sport
lions stalking gazelles on the plains
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as in strutted
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the irate customer stalked off in a huff
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Recent Examples of stalked
Knick and Bill stalked a good buck but couldn’t get within range.
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Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
But all of it—the trees, the wildlife, the assemblage of diversity in both life and death through which Jacobs stalked in 1867—all of it was in a last gasp for existence.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Meanwhile, in the 1991 film, Anna (Jessica Lange) is an artist who doesn't know anything about the Cady trial until her family starts being stalked.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Praearcturus gigas stalked the region’s floodplains about 415 million years ago, during the Early Devonian.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
Delaney Evans, who drove a CATS bus for 10 years, said she has been spit on, threatened, cursed at, stalked.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
For years, Alamo’s voice stalked the Brodericks like a shadow.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
But going a little deeper, the YouTube series follows people going through these passageways and ending up in an endless series of mostly empty rooms, a maze that goes on forever, and they are often stalked by unknown monstrous creatures.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
When Gualtieri found his feet, Jones stalked him back to the ropes and put him away with a vicious uppercut.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
But all of it—the trees, the wildlife, the assemblage of diversity in both life and death through which Jacobs stalked in 1867—all of it was in a last gasp for existence.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Meanwhile, in the 1991 film, Anna (Jessica Lange) is an artist who doesn't know anything about the Cady trial until her family starts being stalked.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Praearcturus gigas stalked the region’s floodplains about 415 million years ago, during the Early Devonian.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2026
Delaney Evans, who drove a CATS bus for 10 years, said she has been spit on, threatened, cursed at, stalked.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
For years, Alamo’s voice stalked the Brodericks like a shadow.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
But going a little deeper, the YouTube series follows people going through these passageways and ending up in an endless series of mostly empty rooms, a maze that goes on forever, and they are often stalked by unknown monstrous creatures.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
When Gualtieri found his feet, Jones stalked him back to the ropes and put him away with a vicious uppercut.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
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Winn then allowed a bases-clearing double to Abrams to tie the game at 3-3, and Daylen Lile gave the Nationals a lead and chased Winn from the game with a soft single to center that scored the final run.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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Popov testified that Sibley chased him and punched him in the head.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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The 53-year-old model strutted her stuff in Miami Beach, Florida wearing a set of equally stunning one-piece swimsuits.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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Some new names and familiar faces who strutted their stuff this year included Brooks Nader, Camille Kostek, Alix Earle, Molly Sims and Katie Austin, who is expecting her first child.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The buddies have actively hunted for them over the years.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
3 June 2026
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Most of episode 8, directed by Andrew DeYoung, follows Patricia (Kate O'Flynn) as she's hunted by the Boogeyman, the masked killer who would get right along with Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Annin's operations director has strode past this scene every workday for more than two decades.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Then Surge zipped through a tunnel and pranced around the ring.—
Ross Mantle,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Troy — who is a Pony of the Americas, according to his owners, the Beaulieu family — pranced around his yard upon exiting the hospital trailer, receiving pets and apples.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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At last Sun Ra sashayed onstage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dancing With the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko and troupe member Marcquet Hill sashayed their way onto Tuesday's episode of the long-running CBS soap as a couple of hip-thrusting bachelorette party dancers.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
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Attendee’s workday blues than completely vanished thanks to Billboard‘s Hip-Hop Rookie of the Year GELO, who swaggered about the stage and ignited the party with the littest cuts off his debut album, League of My Own.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Stalked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalked. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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