hunted

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Staff who previously hunted for iconoclastic founders with promising startups were sent to find AI data-center sites, the energy needed to power them and the chips to run them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

A broken-bat grounder to the right side of the infield, hunted down by Freeman ranging to his backhand side from first base, ended the inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Growing to around 1 meter in length, the fish was likely an ambush predator that hunted smaller animals in freshwater systems.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Parker hunted for stocks that have correlations of 0.2 or lower to his AI basket—1 is perfectly correlated—and a gain of at least 10% in the past six months.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Had it come from a vicious beast, hunted down by warriors, or had it belonged to something innocent and afraid?

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray