- present participle of stalk.
stalking
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Yellow-bellied marmots are stalking hikers and campers in a park more famous for its namesake giant trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In recent days, depending largely on what your algorithm serves up, you may be seeing nearly as many people in Cat in the Hat costumes dancing to Beyonce as those stalking the streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The reports include officers of all genders, but many cases involve a uniformed man stalking a civilian woman — or the people close to her.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 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
Last year, Audrey had us stalking Nick Vandrow’s locker.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
“Gurgi is ready for new walkings and stalkings, oh, yes! And new seekings and peekings! Great lords have been kind to happy, jolly Gurgi!”
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
His play consisted chiefly of elaborate stalkings of easily captured animals.
From A Mountain Boyhood by Enos B. (Enos Benjamin) Comstock
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