prowl
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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
Big Pharma is on the prowl for biotech companies, but it’s acting stingy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
“Goldilocks” was the byword for the bull market of the past few years, but now the three bears—oil, gold, and the Fed—are on the prowl, and there may be no happy ending.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Her “ideal day” is to go to the Iliad Bookshop in North Hollywood, “visit” the cat who sits on the register and prowl the aisles until she finds three books to bring home.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
In the dark of night, they would prowl through the country howling and moaning; and biting everything that got close to them.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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