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hunt

[huhnt] / hʌnt /






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The hunt for secondhand bargains is helping to drive the stock higher.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

We can't tell for sure whether these Neanderthals were hurt by a companion during a hunt or murdered by a rival.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Li, 28, estimated he has applied for roughly 100 jobs since he started his hunt last fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Maybe I’d just cultivated too much shark knowledge, well aware that these apex predators are docile and do not hunt humans like they do in Peter Benchley’s novel.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

It’s easy to find your quarry if you’ve been told to hunt down a flying girl and then you see a child, twenty feet up, weaving through a flock of seagulls.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

An out-of-work copywriter on the job hunt himself, he now hunts down the proliferating scams targeting job seekers everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The steps that had to be followed to find a party or rave added to the fun, turning these events into adrenaline-pumping scavenger hunts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sustainable Hatherleigh runs a range of projects to support the community, from leading bug hunts and encouraging wildflowers and biodiversity in the local graveyard to community composting and running a repair café.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Many job hunts can erode a person’s patience.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

At home that night, after dinner, Moushumi hunts among the shelves in the living room she and Nikhil share.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

I recently watched with smug satisfaction as OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model hunted through spreadsheets to reconcile an uncooperative credit card statement and then navigated QuickBooks to make sure it was reflected in the right places.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Ms. Jeon, by contrast, has a haunted, hunted and withdrawn presence—moving among her family and friends as if her mind and spirit are continually elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Beavers became extinct in the UK in the 16th Century when they were hunted for their fur, meat and scent glands.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have hunted these majestic animals for food.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

In the savage fighting in South Carolina, the British hunted down rebel fighters, and the Jackson boys and a cousin were captured in April 1781.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Although Santa Cruz banned puma hunting in 2025, illegal persecution continues.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Its most significant feature, however, was not its size or hunting ability.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Villagers living nearby have long sifted through the mine’s waste rock hunting for overlooked gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He isn’t wearing Balenciaga Crocs, but the Realtree hunting collaboration ones that cost $60.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

‘I’ve been trying to remember exactly what Saeunn does. She’s always trying to teach me Magecraft, and I’m always going hunting instead. I wish I’d listened.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver


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