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Recent Examples of stalker
Playing the charmingly unhinged Ingrid, an internet stalker of the highest order, Aubrey Plaza doesn't hit a false note.
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Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Buckingham was recently attacked, but not injured, by an alleged stalker.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Among the crowd is Iain Biggart, Kilchoan’s estate manager and head stalker, looking dapper in his three-piece tweed ghillie suit.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Her appearance was discussed by strangers, images of her face were imposed on pornography and a stalker showed up during one of her dance lessons.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Buckingham was recently attacked, but not injured, by an alleged stalker.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Among the crowd is Iain Biggart, Kilchoan’s estate manager and head stalker, looking dapper in his three-piece tweed ghillie suit.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
Her appearance was discussed by strangers, images of her face were imposed on pornography and a stalker showed up during one of her dance lessons.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalker
Noun
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These were fine discernments, often coming down to the strangeness of some kid’s sneakers or shirt or haircut.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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Taffur is believed to have been wearing an all-black outfit that consisted of a black hoodie, black pants and black Converse sneakers at the time of her disappearance.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
Noun
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The league’s rules around the next round of expansion have yet to be revealed, but if teams are only able to protect three (or four) players again this season, there’s very little chance Pannek and Zumwinkle sneak through should they be left unprotected again.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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These sneaks utilize the latest running innovations to ensure your kicks improve performance while still looking stylish.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As someone whose TikTok is algorithmically tuned to feed her Broadway interviews, curtain calls, and stage-door encounters, as well as a habitual lurker of the Just in Time Facebook group, Benjamin was familiar with the dance.—
Alexandra Starr,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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Save-worthy frameworks work because lurkers collect resources.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Skunks are mammals that are more like weasels than rodents.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
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The little animals that will come to be emblematic of the 2026 Games are stoats, extremely cute critters that in real life are related to the weasel and the otter.—
Mark Scaglione,
NBC news,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Only about 30 percent of all nests evade their many predators, including skunks, opossums, raccoons, coyotes, snakes, and even domestic dogs and cats.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
29 Apr. 2026
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That means don’t send your dog out to charge a skunk, and don’t go outside banging on pots and pans or yelling, which is only going to make the skunk feel threatened.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Hong Kong — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Lu’s lawyer, John Carman portrayed the case as a mundane bureaucratic blip, not an international spy thriller.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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“Stalker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalker. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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