hunt
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Along with being an origin story and an alien hunt unfurling in a 2016-set timeline, “Lanterns” grounds itself in a murder mystery that defines its 2026 plot running in parallel.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
At great peril they sometimes hunt the mammoth for its meat and its large bones and tusks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The snake hunt was featured on TV newscasts and in newspaper articles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They are the only mammals capable of sustained powered flight, and most species can navigate and hunt in darkness using sound.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Thinking he had another chance to capture the patriot leader in May 1781, Cornwallis dispatched Major Banastre Tarleton and a company of horsemen to hunt down Jefferson once more.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
An out-of-work copywriter on the job hunt himself, he now hunts down the proliferating scams targeting job seekers everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The steps that had to be followed to find a party or rave added to the fun, turning these events into adrenaline-pumping scavenger hunts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
And Awaze, the European holiday-rental group, says searches for "escape the heat" rose three-fold in the past three months, while hunts for "coolcation" were up more than four-fold.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
“Yet I could help you. You will need help soon, against that which hunts you in the dark.”
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
I recently watched with smug satisfaction as OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra model hunted through spreadsheets to reconcile an uncooperative credit card statement and then navigated QuickBooks to make sure it was reflected in the right places.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Greenlanders and other Inuit peoples have hunted seals for their meat and skin for centuries, but international bans have collapsed sealskin markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Sea eagles, also known as white tailed eagles, were hunted to extinction in the UK and the UK's last native white-tailed eagle was shot in Shetland back in 1918, according to the charity.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
As a young man, by his account, he smuggled diamonds, oversaw coconut plantations, dynamited fish, captained schooners and hunted killer cannibals in the New Guinea jungle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nhamo had been away from humans so long, she felt like a wild animal who might be hunted instead of welcomed.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
There’s been talk of bargain hunting and fears of catching a falling knife.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
The government says proceeds from hunting supports conservation and local development.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
They have lived by hunting, fishing and reindeer herding for thousands of years, and been subjected to colonisation for centuries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The profiles track whether buyers are preparing for back-to-school, moving, collecting rare books or hunting for gifts, getting sharper the more someone shops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The pain that had stopped it from hunting, wheeling through the skies above its cloudy kingdom.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
