1
as in chasing
to seek out (game) for food or sport
lions stalking gazelles on the plains
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2
as in strutting
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the irate customer stalked off in a huff
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Recent Examples of stalking
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The stalking was first observed in May 2025 when Acacia Young realized she was being watched, according to NBC7.
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Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Mangione has also pleaded not guilty to federal stalking charges.
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Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Detectives soon learned that Aguilera Mora had been charged March 20 with misdemeanor stalking involving the victim.
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Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Welfy Espinal, 25, and Lenyn Toribio, 27, were charged in a federal indictment unsealed Friday with interstate stalking resulting in death in the shocking slay of 24-year-old Jeremy Ortega on April 13, 2025.
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Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
Earlier this year, a federal judge in New York said prosecutors could not seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ruling that stalking did not count as a violent crime.
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Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
Prosecutors declined to pursue the ultimate punishment because a federal judge ruled earlier this year in an unrelated murder case that interstate stalking charges do not rise to the level to support a capital crime, officials said.
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Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
That's not to say there's nothing worth redeeming in this version of the story of a criminal stalking and terrorizing the lawyer who once defended him.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
Luigi Mangione got stuck in an elevator on the way to his federal court appearance on Monday, where the delays only continued as a judge pushed back his stalking trial to early 2027.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Mangione faces two federal stalking charges resulting in death.
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Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Slobodan Dimitrijevic, 52, was also charged with stalking, plus four misdemeanors — criminal trespass, two counts of harassment and one count of intimidation.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Police charged an Indianapolis man with stalking Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.
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Chris Branch,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The trial in the state case is set to begin in September, followed by the federal interstate stalking trial scheduled to begin in November.
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Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The incident comes after Cunningham's teammate, WNBA star Caitlin Clark, was the victim of stalking and harassing by a different man from Texas who was sentenced last year to 2 1/2 years in prison.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
Determined to be seen as extraordinary, Elizabeth begins copying, stalking and impersonating Laura to try and win a Harvard spot for herself.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Noun
Sant is also charged with interstate stalking.
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Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The stalking was first observed in May 2025 when Acacia Young realized she was being watched, according to NBC7.
—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2026
Mangione has also pleaded not guilty to federal stalking charges.
—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Detectives soon learned that Aguilera Mora had been charged March 20 with misdemeanor stalking involving the victim.
—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Welfy Espinal, 25, and Lenyn Toribio, 27, were charged in a federal indictment unsealed Friday with interstate stalking resulting in death in the shocking slay of 24-year-old Jeremy Ortega on April 13, 2025.
—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
Earlier this year, a federal judge in New York said prosecutors could not seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ruling that stalking did not count as a violent crime.
—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2026
Prosecutors declined to pursue the ultimate punishment because a federal judge ruled earlier this year in an unrelated murder case that interstate stalking charges do not rise to the level to support a capital crime, officials said.
—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
That's not to say there's nothing worth redeeming in this version of the story of a criminal stalking and terrorizing the lawyer who once defended him.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Verb
Mangione, who is facing two counts of stalking in the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, remained shackled at both his hands and feet while building engineers worked to free him from the elevator.
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Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
29 June 2026
Luigi Mangione got stuck in an elevator on the way to his federal court appearance on Monday, where the delays only continued as a judge pushed back his stalking trial to early 2027.
—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Mangione faces two federal stalking charges resulting in death.
—
Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2026
Slobodan Dimitrijevic, 52, was also charged with stalking, plus four misdemeanors — criminal trespass, two counts of harassment and one count of intimidation.
—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Police charged an Indianapolis man with stalking Fever guard Sophie Cunningham.
—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
25 June 2026
The trial in the state case is set to begin in September, followed by the federal interstate stalking trial scheduled to begin in November.
—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The incident comes after Cunningham's teammate, WNBA star Caitlin Clark, was the victim of stalking and harassing by a different man from Texas who was sentenced last year to 2 1/2 years in prison.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
Determined to be seen as extraordinary, Elizabeth begins copying, stalking and impersonating Laura to try and win a Harvard spot for herself.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalking
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State officials say the vendor helps process hunting and fishing license sales, and an unauthorized actor may have accessed information tied to those purchases.
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Initiative Petition 28, which is a rerun of a similar measure that failed to make the ballot in both 2022 and 2024, would remove the legal exceptions that protect activities like hunting, fishing, trapping, and ranching from Oregon’s animal abuse statutes.
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The lightweight, toner-meets-serum formula also layers in niacinamide and adenosine for anyone chasing a bouncy, healthy glow.
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To survive and grow, more wealth management firms are chasing the surging ranks of the extremely wealthy and their more profitable accounts.
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Tyra Banks is strutting forward with plans to revive America's Next Top Model — and Entertainment Weekly has exclusively learned that a contestant generated with artificial intelligence isn't off the table for the next cast.
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But, the West Germans looked like dogs chasing cars as the swift Algerians, smarting from the Germans’ strutting arrogance, flowed to a 2-1 upset at Gijón that brought appreciation for Algeria’s audacity and artistry.
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This prancing herd of wild mustangs can be spotted from the river, on a kayak or inner tube.
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The music video shows Rodrigo prancing around the actual Palace of Versailles, in a controversial babydoll dress singing about a boy looking like an angel on its walls.
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At around the same time down in London, England’s vice-captain Harry Brook was striding to the crease to join Root at 40-3.
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Before Kaia Gerber and Olivia Rodrigo became inseparable from their Repetto ballet pumps, Gainsbourg was striding around in the brand’s lace-up Zizi style–now the shoe of choice for art school girls (and a certain Marc Jacobs).
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“Stalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalking. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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