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prowl

[proul] / praʊl /


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Many of these wealthy buyers are on the prowl for vacation homes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

But to define her solely as a feline, “forever on the prowl for her own kind of ‘mousing prospects,’” seems limiting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Singer Abigail Morris made full use of the stage to prowl around and lead the crowd into a wild sing-a-long to Nothing Matters.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Vader has instead taken up residence, and he will appear multiple times daily in front of the land’s militaristic TIE fighter before stalking the area on the prowl for Luke Skywalker.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

I spent my summers at prestigious basketball camps like 5-Star Basketball and Eastern Invitational, camps where college coaches prowl, looking for fresh prospects.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Pete, the rescue cat she got more than a decade ago and who she thinks is 16 years old, prowls in, quite at home in the apparent chaos.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

In all of them, the camera prowls behind the characters, a seemingly objective witness.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2024

Diaz said roughly one-third of the guns Seattle police recover in any given year have been reported stolen, usually in residential burglaries and, to a lesser extent, car prowls.

From Seattle Times Jul. 5, 2023

A panther prowls through tract housing, a polar bear strolls near oil rigs, a bison stands in a parking lot and a wolf trots past an interior wall papered with renderings of trees.

From Washington Post Jan. 6, 2023

He snarled, “Panther prowls the jungle. Panther stalks his prey. He waits, he creeps—” Beans crept across the kitchen on tiptoe.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

Its waters supported giant turtles and crocodylians, while an extraordinary collection of hunters prowled the surrounding shores.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

“Let’s get to work. Operators, to your battle stations,” instructed Maliuk as he prowled the room, according to video footage.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

A camera network that had been active when P-22 prowled Griffith Park was redeployed, and within a week photos were snapped of what officials said was the same lion.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2024

Smko prowled the stage to some spiky Shostakovich music, displaying an uncanny mix of intensity and naturalness.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2024

Pascal prowled over her furniture and napped on her lap like a cat.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

And why are man-eating dinosaurs suddenly prowling this ordinary suburb?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared on the night of January 31-February 1, with recovered security camera footage showing a masked and gloved person prowling outside her home in the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Nor is it the way they never concerned themselves with prowling the stage or donning anything other than sensible blazers and jeans.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Analysts say the products underpinning identity security will need to adapt as the number of bots and agents prowling networks surges in the next few years.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

When Grandpa and I got back to the buckboard, I said, “Grandpa, look at Rowdy. Something’s been prowling around here.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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