prowls

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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

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

“At night,” said Justin, “Dragon prowls the farmyard like a tiger. And you don’t see him until he’s on top of you.”

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien