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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
Praearcturus gigas stalked the region’s floodplains about 415 million years ago, during the Early Devonian.
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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
Minutes later, Yesavage stalked around the mound like a jungle cat after striking out Aaron Judge for the first time.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 May 2026
As previously reported by PEOPLE, witness accounts and surveillance footage cited in court records allege Leahy stalked others at the apartment complex.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
By spring 1954 reporters stalked the courthouse, waiting.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
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
Minutes later, Yesavage stalked around the mound like a jungle cat after striking out Aaron Judge for the first time.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 May 2026
As previously reported by PEOPLE, witness accounts and surveillance footage cited in court records allege Leahy stalked others at the apartment complex.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
By spring 1954 reporters stalked the courthouse, waiting.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalked
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Chow and his son chased the boy out of the store and off the store property, for about 130 yards.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Then, Rage chased Abdi with his arm extended and Abdi collapsed to the ground, video showed.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
1 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 ‘90s supermodel strutted down the runway at W South Beach for Sports Illustrated’s show, no doubt the most anticipated event of Miami Swim Week, which wrapped Sunday.—
Madeleine Marr
June 1,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2026
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Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, 108 minutes Samara Weaving returns to her breakout role as Grace MacCaullay in a sequel that explodes the concept of the original 2019 thriller — in which Grace is hunted by the family of her fiancé as part of a satanic ritual — to create its own mythology.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Turner decreed that wolves on his land were never to be hunted or lethally controlled.—
Todd Wilkinson,
Denver Post,
27 May 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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After the media availability was over, Busch strode directly over to his boss.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
24 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 5 Jun. 2026.
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