wolf pack
Americannoun
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a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
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a group of wolves hunting together.
Etymology
Origin of wolf pack
1890–95 wolf pack for def. 2; 1940–45 wolf pack for def. 1
Example Sentences
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“You’re never going to see a wolf pack running in Griffith Park,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Eye‑level with an inquisitive Arctic wolf pack in −35 C, Mr Eshel fulfilled his dream to photograph these elusive creatures.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
That included staffing her post as the news came in that a convoy escorted by her future husband’s ship, the destroyer HMS Oribi, had been attacked by a U-boat wolf pack.
From Seattle Times • May 30, 2024
The bulk of those emissions occur before a visitor even spies a geyser or a wandering wolf pack.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024
But he had the sense that the wolf pack was there to do something.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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