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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
Detectives determined that Holland never stalked Kristil and verified his whereabouts in a different state at the time she was killed.
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
Patrick Henry Kelly, 66, of Apple Valley, faced four counts of violating a harassment restraining order in two separate cases involving Jade Tittle, who left the alternative rock station in October 2023 due in part to Kelly, who eight years earlier stalked former Current DJ Mary Lucia.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
There were also large predatory marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs about 246 million years ago that grew up to 13 feet and stalked the seas that covered up present day Nevada.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
Mangione, a 27-year-old former Ivy Leaguer from a wealthy Maryland family, allegedly stalked Thompson to New York City, then shot him in the back on a sidewalk just steps from a hotel where the victim was supposed to meet Wall Street investors for a shareholder conference later that morning.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
But there’s something genuinely unsettling about watching Katherine get stalked by the bubbles from her bath or the room itself somehow teleport around the hotel; if nothing else, the suite is certainly one of the season’s more unusual villains.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
In the Netflix show, written by Ryan Murphy, Hunnam plays Ed Gein, the serial killer who stalked the fields of rural Wisconsin in the 1950s.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
His face, plastered on the side of buses and in subway stations, has stalked me on my daily commute for weeks.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors allege that Mangione stalked Thompson.
—Joshua Rhett Miller
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Doc Louallen, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
Patrick Henry Kelly, 66, of Apple Valley, faced four counts of violating a harassment restraining order in two separate cases involving Jade Tittle, who left the alternative rock station in October 2023 due in part to Kelly, who eight years earlier stalked former Current DJ Mary Lucia.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
There were also large predatory marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs about 246 million years ago that grew up to 13 feet and stalked the seas that covered up present day Nevada.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
Mangione, a 27-year-old former Ivy Leaguer from a wealthy Maryland family, allegedly stalked Thompson to New York City, then shot him in the back on a sidewalk just steps from a hotel where the victim was supposed to meet Wall Street investors for a shareholder conference later that morning.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2025
But there’s something genuinely unsettling about watching Katherine get stalked by the bubbles from her bath or the room itself somehow teleport around the hotel; if nothing else, the suite is certainly one of the season’s more unusual villains.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
In the Netflix show, written by Ryan Murphy, Hunnam plays Ed Gein, the serial killer who stalked the fields of rural Wisconsin in the 1950s.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
His face, plastered on the side of buses and in subway stations, has stalked me on my daily commute for weeks.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
Federal prosecutors allege that Mangione stalked Thompson.
—Joshua Rhett Miller
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
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Security guards quickly chased after the man while Ne-Yo continued his performance.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The former chased the latter all afternoon and generated the plotline everyone on the terraces came for.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The earring type was prominently featured in Schiaparelli‘s fall 2025 showcase, during which models strutted down the runway wearing oversized pearl studs that gracefully played with proportions.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bella Hadid strutted down the runway in all gold, cinched at the waist with a matching belt.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But at night, he was described as a sadistic killer who hunted for victims, offering to take their photograph before killing them.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Bob Lee, a New Yorker who has spent many months on safari and who has hunted over most of Africa, is a gun nut of the most desperate kind.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer strode to the scene as armed officers raced past him.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
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Jones strode into the Superdome on Sunday wearing something out of the pages of a Euro fashion magazine — an Army-green linen suit with a floppy belt and no socks.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Shades of Paula Abdul colored the song as Doja sashayed across the stage with her feathery vocals.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the plunging neckline, the dress featured an exaggerated bow with floor-length ribbons that sashayed down the front.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
2 Sep. 2025
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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 5 Oct. 2025.
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