as in shark
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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Recent Examples of tiger
The company is also working on bringing back the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
The double ridges observed around the tiger stripe may also provide an additional line of evidence for shear heating.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Per the clip, the tiger entered the container first before being raised to safety.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Decked out with tiger print rugs from Roberto Cavalli Home, leopard print wallpaper, champagne gold displays, green marble panels, and geometric parquet floors, the boutique brings to life the Italian fashion house’s frenetic print-laden aesthetic.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
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Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2025
The double ridges observed around the tiger stripe may also provide an additional line of evidence for shear heating.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Per the clip, the tiger entered the container first before being raised to safety.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Decked out with tiger print rugs from Roberto Cavalli Home, leopard print wallpaper, champagne gold displays, green marble panels, and geometric parquet floors, the boutique brings to life the Italian fashion house’s frenetic print-laden aesthetic.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
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Saya de Malha Bank offers safe haven to an unprecedented biodiversity of seagrass habitats for turtles and breeding grounds for sharks, humpback and blue whales.—
Christian Orozco,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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This elusive shark, previously known only from fish markets, was recorded at depths of over 1,700 feet.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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There, guests can swim amid psychedelic colored wrasses and butterflyfish, and backstroke with barracudas and reef sharks.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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Photo by Rita Harper Day 4: Fly over alligators, bite into barracuda, and hunt antiques Grab a quick (but exceptional) quiche at the hotel Columns before a 20-minute drive to the Maurepas Swamp, northwest of New Orleans.—
Jenny Adams,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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Not for the first time, the violence of a bullying threat is directly proportional to the vulnerability that’s been exposed in the bully.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s habit of threatening tariffs to bully other nations into cooperation with his policy goals, then retreating, then threatening again and sometimes actually imposing stiff levies, has unnerved investors, throwing the stock market into a period of volatility.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Two pit bulls latched onto Avery, tugging her like a rag doll.—
Laura A. Bischoff,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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The second animal, a blue-collar pit bull mix, was not involved in the attack and was inside the kennel at the time of the incident, per the outlets.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Elvis Rodriguez Results The co-main event saw the two 140-pound fighters clash in a competitive scrap.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The show will feature many performers, including the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, which fly the F-16 fighter, and the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Rhino demo team.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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