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

Although fish may have been an important food source, the dinosaur likely hunted other animals as well.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, with state wildlife officials reporting a modern record number of the apex predators.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

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

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Nhamo had been away from humans so long, she felt like a wild animal who might be hunted instead of welcomed.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer