hunted

Example Sentences

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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

The fossilized bones provide clues about how Kank may have hunted.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Humans once hunted humpbacks to the edge of extinction, but their numbers have rebounded in recent decades.

From Barron's • May 20, 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

She didn’t know if they were noisy the entire time they hunted, though, or if they were smart enough to be quiet if they wanted to.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack