prowl

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

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

“Goldilocks” was the byword for the bull market of the past few years, but now the three bears—oil, gold, and the Fed—are on the prowl, and there may be no happy ending.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

The SG-1 Fathom is on the prowl for intruders.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025

That thing seemed to be moving and on the prowl even when it was tipped into the ditch.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

In all of them, the camera prowls behind the characters, a seemingly objective witness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024

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

There’s been some talk of expanding the parking enforcers’ duties to include some things cops do now, like directing traffic or responding to car prowls.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022

She prowls forward—like a lioness moving in for the kill.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

They prowled top school districts favored by parents and looked for neighborhoods near Starbucks coffee shops, which signal disposable income.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

So the first roar of the 2025 Lions has been heard - some old cats who have prowled this terrain before, some cubs who are experiencing this for the first time.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

Smko prowled the stage to some spiky Shostakovich music, displaying an uncanny mix of intensity and naturalness.

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

The only thing he’d noticed was that that big cat who sometimes prowled through the station had seemed to be busier than usual last night.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden

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

The prowling bassline of National Anthem and the slamming drum loops of Idioteque, in particular, give the audience ample opportunity to jump up and down.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

He’s been in the U.S. barely 24 hours since landing from a workout-filled vacation on the Croatian island of Krk, and he’s not jet-lagged, puffy or prowling for a Cinnabon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025

When she and Robert stepped into Tonie’s boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin