hunt

Example Sentences

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More than 300 personnel - including firefighters, police officers and military troops - have been mobilised in the hunt for the animal, Daejeon Fire Headquarters said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Job security is a key feature of the job hunt these days, and searches for people who are unemployed can be lengthy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

“They did this giant witch hunt sweep and effectively changed the lives of 30 people and all the people that depend on them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Roberts-Smith won the Victoria Cross -- Australia's highest military honour -- for "conspicuous gallantry" in Afghanistan while on the hunt for a senior Taliban commander.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“The old schemer was hiding in the woods. I flushed him out of the bushes like a hound flushes out a fox. A merry hunt it was, wouldn’t you say, Eddie, old boy?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood