hunted

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Staff who previously hunted for iconoclastic founders with promising startups were sent to find AI data-center sites, the energy needed to power them and the chips to run them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Settlers regarded the massive predators as a serious threat to people and livestock and hunted them aggressively, driving the population in the contiguous U.S. to fewer than 1,000 animals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The agent even hunted down the credentials it needed to execute the deletion.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

At the end, twice winning free-kicks inside the home penalty area, maximising contact from Nathan Collins as Brentford desperately hunted an equaliser.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

When Mom was fourteen years old, the Makah Nation hunted a gray whale.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day