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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

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

For him, the experience was similar to the feeling of waking up from a dream and wanting to go back so you can prowl around a little longer.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

Wealth managers prowl dental conferences for prospective clients.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Side by side, and walking as quietly as tomcats on the prowl, we moved on into monkey country.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2024

“We used to have multiple daily car prowls, and now, four of our five garages had no car prowls in the month of March,” Rivera said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 8, 2024

Les Amazones, for example, is a rhythmically playful workout for the strings; while Minotaure prowls around the orchestra with sinister, tremoring bass notes from the cellos and the brass.

From BBC Apr. 3, 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

“The Witch prowls the woods on padded paws. She ate the heart of a sorrowing tiger long ago, and that heart still beats inside her.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Cervantes’s readers would have understood the references instantly: The wild cats once prowled the Spanish countryside in abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Williams, a Compton kid like Kendrick, performed the Crip Walk - a notorious Los Angeles dance move - as the headliner prowled the stage.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2025

While Peggy McClintick and wife Sally Tuchman slept, an unexpected visitor prowled in their Agoura Hills yard.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2024

He often prowled through junkyards touching old cars and buying old alternators and carburetors just for the joy of cleaning them up and making them work again.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

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

Elaine Forbes, 53, was charged Tuesday with one count of prowling on private property, two counts of lodging without an owner’s consent and one count of petty theft, according to Marin County Superior Court records.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The prowling bassline of National Anthem and the slamming drum loops of Idioteque, in particular, give the audience ample opportunity to jump up and down.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

As America entered World War II, New York City was threatened by prowling U-boats off the coast and Nazi spies lodged in Manhattan hotels.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

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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