Thesaurus results for STALK

stalk

verb

Definition of stalk

as in to hunt

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

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as in to strut

to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements the irate customer stalked off in a huff

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Recent Examples of stalk The district attorney's office argued Mangione's August admission in federal court is insufficient to preclude a state trial because stalking and murder are two different crimes. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Fisher said Moore entered the store and told a manager that the taxi driver was stalking her and trying to hurt her. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Mangione’s legal team successfully argued at the time the two underlying stalking charges in the federal indictment are not violent crimes. — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026 In the 1980s, French intelligence stalked American technology firms. — David S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stalk

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Verb

Sources had told me in September that OpenAI and Anthropic have been hunting for smaller AI data center deals.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
For the intismeran study, scientists hunted gene mutations unique to each patient’s tumor, mutations that create proteins which shouldn’t be in the body unless those cancer cells start to grow again.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hunt

Verb

At the moment, the good detective is strutting around the float, kicking the wheels and pounding the floorboards.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The song ended with Gigi Hadid emerging on stage and having a sweet moment with McRae, who strutted side-by-side with the veteran VS Angel for a few beats before falling back and finishing out the track.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of strut

Verb

Rather than chasing fancy titles or splashy paychecks throughout her career, she’s gravitated toward jobs that pushed her out of her comfort zone, forced her to take risks, and taught her to embrace a little chaos.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
At Fox, the viewer is the star, or at least the north star, the thing that everyone is chasing.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of chase

Verb

The steady hum of activity hits a particularly resonant pitch on the Second Sunday of each month when the street closes to vehicular traffic and becomes a European-style pedestrian mall with outdoor eateries and prancing pets on leash.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Iggy Pop, still prancing, howling and whooping with his chest exposed and jeans sliding down his waist, claims the title of the festival’s leading elder statesman.

— Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

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