prowls

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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

Founder and executive producer Andrés Rigal, part master of ceremonies and part fairy godmother, prowls the line, handpicking the most striking attendees and sending them past the bouncer with a nod and a smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

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

John Gerhard, a retired Boeing intellectual-property manager who lives in West Seattle, went on one of his usual prowls last summer, combing yard sales for finds.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2022

She growls and prowls toward a corner where a little rat squeaks wildly.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas