prowl
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Then, restless again and on the prowl, he creates new drama .
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
I suspected she was going to prowl around looking for Nathan.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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
Diaz said roughly one-third of the guns Seattle police recover in any given year have been reported stolen, usually in residential burglaries and, to a lesser extent, car prowls.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 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
He snarled, “Panther prowls the jungle. Panther stalks his prey. He waits, he creeps—” Beans crept across the kitchen on tiptoe.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
Its waters supported giant turtles and crocodylians, while an extraordinary collection of hunters prowled the surrounding shores.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Maria Fuertes, 43, and her daughter had prowled the area for more than seven hours, since 9 a.m., shopping for outfits for a December wedding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
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
I jumped back up, and the tabby prowled around me.
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
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
A prowling skunk came wobbling up the riverbank.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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