hunted
Britishadjective
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Fifty years ago, the teenage Vance was sent to Vietnam and hunted down Viet Cong forces in the Mekong Delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The evacuees whom AFP met in northern Ukraine on Saturday said that they had to eat grass to survive, and that some had hunted dogs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
But when being hunted through a postapocalyptic hellscape by killer robots, the value of your shares is unlikely to be top of mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Scientists suspect Vasuki may have hunted in a similar way, although its precise diet and hunting behavior cannot be determined from the surviving fossils.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
I have climbed the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, and hunted bull elk in the primitive area of Idaho.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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