1
as in chasing
to seek out (game) for food or sport
lions stalking gazelles on the plains
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2
as in strutting
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the irate customer stalked off in a huff
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Recent Examples of stalking
Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Over 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Kittens are undeniably bundles of energy, spending their time engaging in playful behaviors like stalking, pouncing, jumping, biting and clawing.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Karr denied stalking the family in audio recordings played in the documentary.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Don't pester to the point of stalking.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
The small army of press stalking him needed to put down cameras.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
There was a mountain lion stalking us, doing that back and forth walk, with its head and eyes staying fixed on us below like literal pigs in a blanket.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Art the Clown has a private agenda of massacring suburban families and stalking young women.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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Could a young man of such promise really have done what police describe as cold-bloodedly stalking and gunning down a 50-year-old corporate executive outside a Manhattan hotel?
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Over 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced rape, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Kittens are undeniably bundles of energy, spending their time engaging in playful behaviors like stalking, pouncing, jumping, biting and clawing.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Karr denied stalking the family in audio recordings played in the documentary.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Don't pester to the point of stalking.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
The small army of press stalking him needed to put down cameras.
—Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
There was a mountain lion stalking us, doing that back and forth walk, with its head and eyes staying fixed on us below like literal pigs in a blanket.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Art the Clown has a private agenda of massacring suburban families and stalking young women.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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