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as in struts
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the irate customer stalked off in a huff
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Recent Examples of stalks
Back home, their physically abusive father stalks the shadowy hallways.
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Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
While obviously not confirmed, legend holds that a specific ghost stalks the halls of the quaint country retreat.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
Our setting is 13th-century England and our subject a mysterious creature who stalks the foggy countryside, ready to pounce on errant villagers.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
This masterful horror novel about a vengeful vampire who stalks a reservation is told through interviews which gives it a spine-tingling realism.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Cale stalks up and down and around an old house, the lines of his poem drifting over the scene.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Or maybe Old Green Eyes is also the ghost cat that stalks the woods.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Despite a restraining order against her, Lisa skulks around the twins’ school at drop-off and stalks them in the grocery store.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
While obviously not confirmed, legend holds that a specific ghost stalks the halls of the quaint country retreat.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 16 Jan. 2026
Our setting is 13th-century England and our subject a mysterious creature who stalks the foggy countryside, ready to pounce on errant villagers.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2026
This masterful horror novel about a vengeful vampire who stalks a reservation is told through interviews which gives it a spine-tingling realism.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Cale stalks up and down and around an old house, the lines of his poem drifting over the scene.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Or maybe Old Green Eyes is also the ghost cat that stalks the woods.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
And at its climax, the Grabber, the franchise killer played by Ethan Hawke, gracefully stalks his victims on ice skates, ready to lop some heads with an axe.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Despite a restraining order against her, Lisa skulks around the twins’ school at drop-off and stalks them in the grocery store.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalks
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But while many hiring professionals are concerned about applicants using AI in the process, one leader actually hunts for talent using the tech in application rounds.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The movie plunks us down at Mar-a-Lago, where Melania struts out the door and into the back of an SUV, which will take her to the red-white-and-blue private plane painted with the word TRUMP that’s waiting for her at the airport.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.—
Marc Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
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Next to Pika Pika Paradise is a colorful birthday cake filled with Alcremie, and a Kangaskhan and Dragonite battle as a Fidough chases Eevees nearby.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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One child chases the duck, catches it, and stomps on it repeatedly.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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He high-steps, air-guitars, and sashays around as a program who abandoned his once-rebellious origins to survive the danger of the Grid.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Stalks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalks. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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