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prowling
  • present participle of prowl.

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Analysts say the products underpinning identity security will need to adapt as the number of bots and agents prowling networks surges in the next few years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

With Itoje prowling the touchline, coach Steve Borthwick could not risk destabilising England's line-out - and robbing it of precious on-pitch leadership - by removing veteran hooker Jamie George.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

He’s been in the U.S. barely 24 hours since landing from a workout-filled vacation on the Croatian island of Krk, and he’s not jet-lagged, puffy or prowling for a Cinnabon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 16, 2025

For the remainder of the Zoom call, he avoids the gym’s windows and steers clear of the fans prowling the hotel’s perimeter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

She was asleep—oh blessed rest—and instead of her own unconscious fraught with prowling terrors, she was safe in Lazlo’s.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor