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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
As my daughter’s face paled, and a man in a clown mask stalked the aisles, panic seized my limbs.
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Christa Carmen, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Eva LaRue was stalked by a man who called himself Freddie Krueger for 12 years.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
In medieval times, meanwhile, legend had it that creatures called revenants – corpses that came out of their graves – stalked northern and western Europe.
—Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Federal prosecutors allege Mangione stalked Thompson in Manhattan, where the executive was due to attend an investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
That afternoon, Steve stalked slowly into a hillside clearing, looking and listening carefully for deer.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Our federal law enforcement officers face a 1000% increase in assaults against them, unprecedented online doxing of our agents and their families, and they’re being stalked and pummeled by rocks and Molotov cocktails.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 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
Christa Carmen, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Eva LaRue was stalked by a man who called himself Freddie Krueger for 12 years.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
In medieval times, meanwhile, legend had it that creatures called revenants – corpses that came out of their graves – stalked northern and western Europe.
—Tom Duszynski, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Federal prosecutors allege Mangione stalked Thompson in Manhattan, where the executive was due to attend an investor conference at the New York Hilton Midtown.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
That afternoon, Steve stalked slowly into a hillside clearing, looking and listening carefully for deer.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
Our federal law enforcement officers face a 1000% increase in assaults against them, unprecedented online doxing of our agents and their families, and they’re being stalked and pummeled by rocks and Molotov cocktails.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
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Those interviewed in the UN report described being surveilled, followed and even chased by drones while going about their everyday lives.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Jimenez, who joined the Navy shortly after his 18th birthday, largely served on PC-616, a patrol craft boat that chased submarines.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Beneath the sandstone cliffs of Diriyah, on a runway at the UNESCO World Heritage site, models strutted couture from Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney, giving the recent Riyadh Fashion Week global cache.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Lively strutted on the sidewalk wearing a pair of Follies Cabo 120 pumps from Christian Louboutin.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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For decades, scientists viewed cut marks on the fossils as signs that Indigenous Australians hunted large prey — possibly to the point of extinction.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Right whales were heavily hunted until the 1960s - when the International Whaling Commission began to ban commercial whaling - and landed on the endangered species list in 1970.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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George waved him off and strode through our flat to the balcony.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Noone, recognizing him as White, strode over.—
Eren Orbey,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Colette pranced by, her curls dangling in a ponytail.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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This time, of the five live roaches, the least shy sashayed across the floor in front of the cookline and crawled under a dining area table.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Orange feather boas sashayed away to the best seats.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 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 3 Nov. 2025.
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