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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
Despite a restraining order against her, Lisa skulks around the twins’ school at drop-off and stalks them in the grocery store.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Deadhead spent blooms by cutting the flower stalks down to just above a strong leaf.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
This Ghost of Yōtei haunts the red maple forests and stalks the snowy tundra in search of those whose names are written on the sash wrapped around her waist.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Stuck aboard with her is a Xenomorph that stalks you for most of the game.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 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
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
Deadhead spent blooms by cutting the flower stalks down to just above a strong leaf.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
This Ghost of Yōtei haunts the red maple forests and stalks the snowy tundra in search of those whose names are written on the sash wrapped around her waist.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Stuck aboard with her is a Xenomorph that stalks you for most of the game.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 22 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
Verb
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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
Verb
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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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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
Verb
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The Creature survives, becomes smarter and even eloquent, and vengefully chases Frankenstein all the way to the Arctic.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Lo chases them to the dock and is followed by attendees from the banquet.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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 22 Oct. 2025.
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