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Recent Examples of poach
Fremantle has poached Disney+’s head of originals in Italy to run its Italian operation alongside interim CEO Valerio Fiorespino.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
One of the desserts that will be savored included a bombe glacée cardinal, a vanilla ice cream featuring Kentish raspberry sorbet and lightly poached Victoria plums.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Of course, now that Bhumjaithai is in power, Anutin can wield the trappings of office to poach lawmakers from other parties to buttress his position.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
The Boone and Crockett Club this week unveiled the results of a 5-year study into the scale, motivations for, and various costs of wildlife poaching in America.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
One of the desserts that will be savored included a bombe glacée cardinal, a vanilla ice cream featuring Kentish raspberry sorbet and lightly poached Victoria plums.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Of course, now that Bhumjaithai is in power, Anutin can wield the trappings of office to poach lawmakers from other parties to buttress his position.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
The Boone and Crockett Club this week unveiled the results of a 5-year study into the scale, motivations for, and various costs of wildlife poaching in America.
—Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poach
Verb
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The recipe calls for the watery stalks to be boiled in meat broth and served chilled, accompanied with ketchup and anchovies.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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In vacuum and one-sixth gravity, lubricants boil off, moving parts behave differently, and remote or autonomous operation is necessary because of the time delay between Earth and Moon, which makes real-time teleoperation impractical.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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The shooting in Columbia laid bare simmering disputes across the country over gun violence at or near college campuses, major travel destinations for fans, alumni and parents of students.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Denbrock didn’t hide any simmering frustration about that turnover.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poach. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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