hunted
Example Sentences
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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 reintroductions represented the first attempt to re-establish a sustainable breeding population of the tree-climbing members of the weasel family in the South West since they were hunted to extinction more than a century ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Scientists do not know whether early humans hunted the animal or collected its bone from a carcass that was already dead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The man is Paul, who does not know how he has come to be in this world but finds himself hunted by a mad duke who wants his magical technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Neanderthals usually hunted alone or in small groups.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
