hunted

Example Sentences

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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

Humans once hunted humpbacks to the edge of extinction, but their numbers have rebounded in recent decades.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

At the end, twice winning free-kicks inside the home penalty area, maximising contact from Nathan Collins as Brentford desperately hunted an equaliser.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The gray seal population off Cape Cod had shrunk because they had been hunted for their meat, oil, and skins.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen