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“Please don’t stalk me,” he added, just before he broke into a tap dance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

And recent reporting by the Washington Post uncovered at least 50 instances nationwide in which law enforcement officials were accused of misusing their access to the cameras, largely to stalk former romantic partners or citizens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The central stalk, called a spadix, can grow above caretakers’ heads just weeks after first sprouting above the soil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

These organisms had U-shaped bodies and were anchored to the seafloor by a stalk.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

He didn’t know how far the bears had gone, or whether they might come back to stalk him.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

A coyote is bathed in red light; a cougar stalks near a grand piano; a man stands in a tropical jungle surrounded by mist; a pay phone off the hook dangles by its cord.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

It had large eyes extending from stalks at the front of its body, along with a segmented skeleton and jointed limbs attached beneath its narrow frame.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Aliyu Abdullahi Isa, a 25-year-old Fulani herder, knows the names of all the 20 white cattle grazing on the remains of dry stalks of maize.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026

It was at the beginning of time, and a river ran outside Yo's window, bordered by cypresses, willows, great sweating ferns, thick stalks and palms.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

In New York, where the firm is located, people are only eligible for those if they are being stalked by a partner or ex-partner.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

And methods to recover the bodies are crude enough to destroy the very thing they seek — a thought that has stalked Al-Zaharnah’s mind again and again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

And yet for all this success, a persistent melancholy stalked the writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

Guardiola grew frustrated with City's failure to kill off Newcastle, urging his players to "keep the ball better" as he stalked the touchline.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

Glaring at me, Grandpa stalked back to the car, reached in, turned on the switch, pulled out the choke, spat, and went back to the front of the engine.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

At the same time, survivors of domestic violence or stalking use these surveillance products for their advertised purpose: to monitor their personal safety.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Critics say they violate privacy rights, citing incidents where officers have allegedly used Flock’s cameras for stalking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Flock cameras help police solve crimes, but cases of officers abusing their access to the technology for stalking raise concerns about privacy violations.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

Luigi Mangione who is accused of killing a health insurance boss in Manhattan may plead guilty to stalking charges in his federal case, The New York Times reported Thursday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Not stalking him, peeping around corners and things like that.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds