prowl

Many of these wealthy buyers are on the prowl for vacation homes.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The long-vacant site has become a magnet for so-called urban explorers, who prowl abandoned malls, hospitals, power plants, amusement parks, factories and any other disused structure they can breach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Singer Abigail Morris made full use of the stage to prowl around and lead the crowd into a wild sing-a-long to Nothing Matters.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Vader has instead taken up residence, and he will appear multiple times daily in front of the land’s militaristic TIE fighter before stalking the area on the prowl for Luke Skywalker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

All this time the Lion’s song, and his stately prowl, to and fro, backward and forward, was going on.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Pete, the rescue cat she got more than a decade ago and who she thinks is 16 years old, prowls in, quite at home in the apparent chaos.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

“Everyone could do it. I like that visual — instead of the enemy tempts you, it prowls around, like a roaring lion, looking to devour. That’s actually more realistic than, like, tapping on your shoulder.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2023

A panther prowls through tract housing, a polar bear strolls near oil rigs, a bison stands in a parking lot and a wolf trots past an interior wall papered with renderings of trees.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023

John Gerhard, a retired Boeing intellectual-property manager who lives in West Seattle, went on one of his usual prowls last summer, combing yard sales for finds.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

My boy Octavian, having spent some days abed, never having traveled upon the water before, so that his vitals were involved in uproar, now prowls about the decks impatient of our destination.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The author of the novel “We Never Called It Frisco” on stories of the artists and writers who prowled studios, bars and cafes in search of inspiration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Its waters supported giant turtles and crocodylians, while an extraordinary collection of hunters prowled the surrounding shores.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Williams, a Compton kid like Kendrick, performed the Crip Walk - a notorious Los Angeles dance move - as the headliner prowled the stage.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025

A camera network that had been active when P-22 prowled Griffith Park was redeployed, and within a week photos were snapped of what officials said was the same lion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

Cats prowled around the hallway and upon the staircase, and a sleek black one sprang up into Belet's arms.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared on the night of January 31-February 1, with recovered security camera footage showing a masked and gloved person prowling outside her home in the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Branch, widely projected to go in the second round of the NFL draft later this week, faces misdemeanor charges of obstructing public sidewalks, prowling and obstructing a law enforcement officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

Analysts say the products underpinning identity security will need to adapt as the number of bots and agents prowling networks surges in the next few years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

As America entered World War II, New York City was threatened by prowling U-boats off the coast and Nazi spies lodged in Manhattan hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

I heard the white tigers prowling on the other side of the fire, but I could not distinguish them from the snow patches.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston