hunt
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Its immense size placed it near the top of the food chain, where it may have done more than simply hunt individual animals.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Just look at Capt. William Kidd, who was hired by the British government to hunt pirates, but was later executed for being one.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
And in its forests and on its grasslands, tule elk and mule deer graze, while bobcats and coyotes hunt for rabbits and mountain beavers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
She has been on the hunt for evidence of the water vole population in the Hogsmill River in Surrey.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
He wanted to pound on the table and demand that every National Guard person in the state immediately set off to hunt for Jonathan and Abby.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre in the world, was built in the first century and was used to host events like animal hunts and gladiatorial games.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Many people are sticking with their current job, knowing that unemployed workers have to trudge through job hunts that last for months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
The cultural significance of the hunt is recognised under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and modern hunts require a licence from NatureScot.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
With dozens of actors who lead guests through scavenger hunts, puzzles and conversations, Knott’s Berry Farm’s ‘Ghost Town Alive!’ can’t be replicated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Starry hunts in a drawer and finds a pair of shears.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Once hunted to near extinction, the rebound of humpback whales is considered among the conservation movement's greatest success stories.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The students at the Ivy league university had legally hunted the bear off campus and brought it back to the dorm to process the meat, according to the Cornell Daily Sun.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
He said that in New Zealand sooty shearwater, also known as muttonbirds, were traditionally hunted on Rakiura, which is also known as Stewart Island.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
After being hunted to extinction a century ago, gray wolves are continuing their remarkable comeback story in California, with state wildlife officials reporting a modern record number of the apex predators in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The men had hunted all manner of beasts, but they’d never come across this…this…well, they didn’t know what this thing was.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
I’m not, I don’t pretend to be an enormously transformative actor, hunting for the “chameleon” praise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
A spokesman for McDonald’s fraud division said it is “expanding fast, securing more resources and here to stay—relentlessly hunting every fraudster who steals from the American people.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet across the continent, their disappearance is becoming impossible to ignore, as conservationists warn that hunting linked to traditional beliefs and spiritual practices continues to threaten several vulture species to the point of near extinction.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But as they began house hunting in April they quickly realized that, in spite of elevated listing prices and mortgage rates, the Peabody market was exceptionally hot.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
He knew the best places to hunt, and the right time to go hunting.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
