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prowl

[proul] / praʊl /


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Sessa was born to prowl around wild-eyed in retro polyester.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 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

From their back window, they saw grazing cattle, roaming antelope and coyotes on the prowl.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

It was always a pleasure to prowl where fishermen had camped.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Founder and executive producer Andrés Rigal, part master of ceremonies and part fairy godmother, prowls the line, handpicking the most striking attendees and sending them past the bouncer with a nod and a smile.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2025

Diaz acknowledged the shift will mean it will take longer to investigate property crimes like car prowls and burglaries and cases will need to be triaged.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

Les Amazones, for example, is a rhythmically playful workout for the strings; while Minotaure prowls around the orchestra with sinister, tremoring bass notes from the cellos and the brass.

From BBC Apr. 3, 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

“Here comes the Lord of the Sun and Moon, the Lion that prowls by Night!” they sang to the sounds of hand pianos, iron bells and the shell anklets of the dancers.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Cervantes’s readers would have understood the references instantly: The wild cats once prowled the Spanish countryside in abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 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

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

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2024

A couple more cats now prowled about the room, led by the white-eyed Sargon, who sprang up to the top of a suit of armor to watch.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

And why are man-eating dinosaurs suddenly prowling this ordinary suburb?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

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

Elaine Forbes, 53, was charged Tuesday with one count of prowling on private property, two counts of lodging without an owner’s consent and one count of petty theft, according to Marin County Superior Court records.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

As for the red wolf, Mr. Moore writes that, in the 1930s in northeast Louisiana, a remnant tract of old-growth forest teemed with prowling panthers and massive alligators.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

"No rope will hold him with Raven prowling about."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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