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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
Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
What tension there is comes from a few short sections in which Helgi’s violent ex, Bergthora, stalks Anita.
—Bruce Desilva, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Starvation stalks Gaza The IPC said the analysis released on Friday only covered people living in Gaza, Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates.
—Michelle Nichols, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Gnome Alone, alongside the late Verne Troyer, and Dead Ringer, a thriller about a woman who stalks an actor.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
What tension there is comes from a few short sections in which Helgi’s violent ex, Bergthora, stalks Anita.
—Bruce Desilva, Boston Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Starvation stalks Gaza The IPC said the analysis released on Friday only covered people living in Gaza, Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis governorates.
—Michelle Nichols, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
Gnome Alone, alongside the late Verne Troyer, and Dead Ringer, a thriller about a woman who stalks an actor.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalks
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The sunbathers of sleepy Amity Bay are helpless against the unexpected great white shark that hunts their coasts; Spielberg’s talent for suspense, effective horror shocks, and ingenious reinvention of the classic animal-attack movie remain as impressive as ever.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Xenomorph onboard the ship now hunts really stupid soldiers in the halls of the building.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the Maginot instead crashes in a part of southeast Asia that’s the dominion of Prodigy, a corporation founded by Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin), an overgrown child obsessed with Peter Pan, who struts around his research facility barefoot in pajamas.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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Wednesday leaves anyway, but Enid chases her because Capri is doing dorm checks, and Enid will NOT miss the Gala.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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An older woman’s purse is stolen on the train, and Jay reverts to his movie-star persona and chases the culprit off the train and into a field, showing off his action credentials and making some inadvertent headlines along the way.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Stalks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalks. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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