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stalk

[stawk] / stɔk /




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The city used an economic office to stalk dissidents in the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

This work requires stealth and sleepless nights to stalk poachers in the dark.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

She picked up the abandoned grass stalk, stuck it into the same hole and pulled it out to find it covered with termites.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

He reaches for my arm as I stalk down the path, frantically jimmying the stubborn gate until at once it bursts open.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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