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“It’s a zombie loan that should be dead, but it continues to stalk my wife and I every month demanding to be paid.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The study reaffirms fears that many wolves are becoming dependent on cattle as a primary food source as it is easier to feed on slow-moving, fatty cows than stalk the state’s dwindling deer population.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

They stalk WhatsApp groups, track flights like anxious parents and leave work meetings to get their fix of the sweet, seasonal delicacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

These organisms had U-shaped bodies and were anchored to the seafloor by a stalk.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

In one was a withered stalk of jimson weed.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

It had large eyes extending from stalks at the front of its body, along with a segmented skeleton and jointed limbs attached beneath its narrow frame.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Sally Wadsworth, chair of Benfield Wildlife and Conservation Group, says some areas of grass are kept longer so that the females can crawl up the stalks for mating.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

One morning, I spend 20 minutes watching a 4-foot-tall great blue heron as it stalks fish along a pond’s edge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Father digs, turning over rotten stalks as mulch for seeding the new crop.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

They hadn’t crossed through minefields or through treelines stalked by drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Eddy, who missed the incident, is stalked by survivor’s guilt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

In New York, where the firm is located, people are only eligible for those if they are being stalked by a partner or ex-partner.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

When Ben Jones made his move on 28-1 shot Jordans around the final bend, Townend stalked the leaders on I Am Maximus and finally burst for the front near the famous Aintree elbow.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Without so much as a knock or a by-your-leave, he stalked through the door, brushing past me, eased the saddle to the floor, and, seeing nothing but her, moved down the hall toward Miss Love.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The real danger isn’t that Terminators walk the earth stalking human prey, but that the people who really are affected tune out because that is what the language surrounding AI encourages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Victoria's state parliament commissioned Phillips to survey lawmakers on online abuse and stalking five years ago.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

It is now compulsory for secondary schools to include teaching about stalking, but the couple said they believed there should not be a distinction between stalking, and stalking involving fear of violence.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Disney will serve as a stalking horse bidder for a non-exclusive perpetual license of some of Character’s intellectual property, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I’d rather have a guy notice me for my brains,” Jenna said, finally stalking across the room and sitting down next to me.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence