hunted

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Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Senior Iranian political figures, while hunted from the air and limiting their appearances in public, are regularly posting messages that reflect recent developments and project unity and defiance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Like most Indians, she has only ever hunted for white label bargains in street-side bazaars all her life.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

During the Early Cretaceous period, when it lived, small carnivorous dinosaurs hunted in the same ecosystems.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

Before dark, Nhamo hunted for a sleeping site.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer