Thesaurus results for STALKS

stalks

verb

present tense third-person singular of stalk

as in hunts

to seek out (game) for food or sport lions stalking gazelles on the plains

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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 The suspicions and secrets and lies pile on from there as a Night Stalker-like serial killer named The Trawler stalks wealthy estates and a Manson-like cult called the Riders of the After Life paint satanic symbols and invade homes. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 In parks, in backyards, in woods that are lovely, dark, and deep, a many-legged menace now stalks the land. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 The returnees have strained local communities, many of which already have scant resources in a country where poverty is rife and malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The movie is set in a 13th-century English village and follows the townspeople as a mysterious, folkloric creature stalks their village. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 June 2026 After realizing that a mysterious, violent creature stalks the corridors, Clark manages to escape, but something about the Backrooms compels him. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Chive flowers can be harvested in the same way by cutting the woody flower stalks off at the soil line. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2026 In You Dreamed of Empires (2024), the emperor Moctezuma stalks his palace in 1519 Tenochtitlan—today’s Mexico City—in a fog of psychedelic-induced delirium, glammed-out like an Aztec David Bowie. — Anderson Tepper, Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026 Not sure which stalks to buy or how to store them? — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026

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Now, everyone who hunts whitetails has heard about scrapes, and hunters who correctly utilize scrapes score more consistently than those who don’t.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
Here's a look at what the orbiter captured, and what could be next as NASA also hunts for the crash site.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of hunts

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Tracee Ellis Ross struts her stuff on the way out of Watch What Happens Live in New York City on July 23.

— People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
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

Definition of struts

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With Blair determined to stop him, while Leighton relentlessly chases his grand vision of creating a perfect world.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026
All that guessing will create herding and noise trading as the crowd chases the crowd like a dog chases its tail, in a futile attempt to get ahead of the next unpredictable change in what humors the Big Player.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of chases

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In the music video for the song, Stiteler prances around several iconic locations in Puerto Rico and takes viewers on a visual journey across the Island.

— Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
If anything, the dichotomy between the pop star who prances around Versailles in a sheer nightie and the pop star who stomps onstage in knee-high combat boots feels completely authentic and intentional.

— Chelsey Sanchez, CNN Money, 25 June 2026