hunted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Last week, Germany's Upper House, the Bundesrat, approved measures by Parliament to allow wolves to be hunted.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Unlike missile launchers, which because of their size and signature can be hunted down by U.S. and Israeli aircraft, Shaheds are easily concealed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
That pattern led some researchers to suggest these fish eating theropods may have been fully aquatic predators that hunted underwater.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
We fished in the river and hunted in the forest.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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