stalking-horses in English

noun
1
a screen traditionally made in the shape of a horse behind which a hunter can stay concealed when stalking prey.
To creep upon the birds, however, it is often best, whatever the weapon, to employ a stalking horse - a curious affair of stuffed canvas painted like a horse;the fowler puts it in front of him and the ducks swimming in the pool are never scared at the gradual approach of a harmless animal; then "crack! sounds the caliver and you can pick up the dead birds on the water.

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1. Stalking - Stalking - Cyberstalking: The explosive growth of social media in the early 21st century resulted in the creation of a new frontier in stalking behaviour

2. Are you stalking me now?

3. Well, a little Facebook stalking.

4. I can't help stalking women.

5. The lion was stalking a zebra.

6. Cyberstalking, simply put, is online stalking

7. Astalk: Stalking about; afoot; lurking about

8. 3 He was arrested for stalking.

9. 2 The lion was stalking a zebra.

10. I have aggro rabbis stalking me in crosswalks.

11. stalking is a major problem in this country.

12. 4 The lion was stalking in the grass.

13. Jewelry Box Considerably increases movement speed while stalking

14. Okay, maybe I'm a little bit stalking you.

15. Roy, why are you stalking some random family?

16. 9 No, he was not outfitted for stalking anything.

17. It seems that someone is stalking them, day and night.

18. 11 He was too innocent to be a stalking horse.

19. Or is an indiscriminate maniac stalking the world's bourses?

20. 10 London has been seen as Washington's stalking horse.

21. He spent the weekend stalking deer in the Scottish highlands.

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23. Corrals are not constructed to be used with unbroken horses, unruly horses, wild horses, or cattle

24. Cyberstalking is stalking or harassment carried out over the internet

25. Fresh horses