hunt
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But his intention is to “put audiences on the hunt for what this play is really up to” as the men come to recognize “the specific kind of sadness” they share.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The damage from Wendy’s infection meant she would never have been able to hunt or scavenge again and would instead require a soft food diet for the rest of her life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Customers at Nairobi supermarkets on the hunt for milk told the BBC they were worried about rising costs.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The hunt for AI-proof assets is leading investors to sports, casinos and travel.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
We all thought the kindergarten would stop whatever it was doing, hunt up a cigar box, write a poem for Bob, and have a funeral, but according to Boomer they couldn’t care less.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Many job hunts can erode a person’s patience.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Chapman, 33 years old, said he is a big believer in Musk, though he believes rocket launches may scare off the ducks he avidly hunts, at least temporarily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
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
The summer stretched golden in front of us with promises of picnics and fish frys, blackberry hunts and croquet games till dark.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Over the next 22 months he hunted them like a man possessed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have hunted these majestic animals for food.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
That information could also help authorities identify where illegally traded pangolins are being hunted and strengthen efforts to stop poaching.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
In terms of fielding performance by the team, it is hard to quantify other than via the percentage of dropped catches - though Stokes' teams famously hunted down even lost causes to the boundary.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“The being your people have hunted for the better part of a century, the one they’ve named a monster, was not always so.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Beavers are a native species, but have not been a regular sight in the west of England for around 400 years, after hunting for food and medical ingredients forced their numbers to dramatically decline.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Police were on Tuesday hunting for two thieves who escaped with two Renoir paintings from a museum in southern France, after abandoning two others in its garden as they fled, a mayor said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
It suggests both a close evolutionary relationship with true cheetahs and a similarly specialized hunting strategy, neither of which is supported by the new evidence.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Doctors running the trials are hunting for answers of their own, particularly around what sets the paused therapies apart from similar ones already in wide use for oncology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mountain lions were fierce predators, sometimes even hunting horses as big as Dodger.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
