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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 Bali tiger was the smallest of all tiger subspecies and native only to the Indonesian island of Bali.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Near the coast, in the Safari's final miles, there will be sting rays, as well as tiger and bull sharks.
—Morgan O'Hanlon, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
Related Articles While these designers might be looking to adolescence — from drawing on upbringings spent among lions and tigers in South Africa to fighting against the constrictions of adulthood by refusing to grow up — there’s no Peter Pan syndrome here.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
Guesses ranged from great whites to sand tigers to makos.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Near the coast, in the Safari's final miles, there will be sting rays, as well as tiger and bull sharks.
—Morgan O'Hanlon, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
Related Articles While these designers might be looking to adolescence — from drawing on upbringings spent among lions and tigers in South Africa to fighting against the constrictions of adulthood by refusing to grow up — there’s no Peter Pan syndrome here.
—Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 5 June 2025
Guesses ranged from great whites to sand tigers to makos.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
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Working-class residents battle with an upper-class outsider regarding the best way to kill the shark.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Methylmercury accumulates up the food chain, so apex predators such as sharks, tuna and swordfish have the highest concentrations.—
Tara Haelle,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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Other potential marine threats in the area include bull sharks, barracudas, Southern stingrays, and Moray eels—though such encounters are rare in the shallows.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Authorities said a woman was bitten by a marine animal, possibly a barracuda, in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea.—
Jillian Frankel,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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In the series’ first season (Class 1), Si-eun (Park Ji-hoon) becomes the target of a class bully after beating him at their school’s math competition.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace…Remember, there are many targets left.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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Pimiento, a 4-month-old pit bull mix, lived in a shelter in West Memphis.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The postal worker suffered bites to several parts of his body during an attack involving a pit bull that was reported at a home on Barbara Road around 4:15 p.m., according to Erik Costa, chief of the Middletown Police Department.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 June 2025
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American fighter jets were also patrolling the sky in the Middle East to protect personnel and installations, and air bases in the region are taking additional security precautions, the officials said.—
Danielle Wallace , Liz Friden,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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The soldier had been badly injured in a shootout in Kursk with a Ukrainian fighter from the 8th regiment whose call sign is Bulat.—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
16 June 2025
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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