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Recent Examples of predator
The loss of some species, like top predators, tells us how the environment is degraded much more so than the loss of charismatic species or endangered species.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
The researchers then tested these mimic models in the wild, exposing them to predators like birds and spiders.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Often 6-8 feet long, these sharks are fast predators found in the state’s ocean and sound waters from late spring to fall.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
These predators typically patrol altitudes below 10,000 feet, especially around dawn when their prey begins flying again after nighttime rest.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
The researchers then tested these mimic models in the wild, exposing them to predators like birds and spiders.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Often 6-8 feet long, these sharks are fast predators found in the state’s ocean and sound waters from late spring to fall.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
These predators typically patrol altitudes below 10,000 feet, especially around dawn when their prey begins flying again after nighttime rest.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predator
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In that way, Broken Voices is about the circumstances that allow abuse to happen; Vitek is like a vampire, a cold and distant creature capable of great charm, and Karolina, in all her disarming naivety, is easy prey.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
10 July 2025
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So far, the answer seems to be blues-loving vampires, a cuddly alien and a life-sized block world.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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Details of the species of shark involved were not released.—
Mark Price
Updated July 8,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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The waters along the South Cape and Islands, where recreational shark fishing for non-white shark species has historically occurred, are not included in the regulations.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
7 July 2025
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Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street vulture games Telematrix No. 38: July 3, 2025 July 3, 2025 A new Telematrix drops every Monday and Thursday.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
3 July 2025
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The reserve is heavily wooded with more than 25 tree species that are the domain of warblers, crows, wrens, hawks, woodpeckers, sap suckers, owls, bald eagles, vultures and great herons.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Democracy is, after all, two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
11 July 2025
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Wildlife management in California, specifically, has long been shaped by these same forces of violence, originating in bounty campaigns not just against predators like cougars and wolves but also against American Indian peoples.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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