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Recent Examples of predator
If not properly removed, the scent can attract new bats—or even predators like raccoons.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
Given its lack of jaws and teeth, the lumpy fish potentially used its unexpected anatomy to evade the predators who were evolving chompers.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
But native predators may be starting to fight back, according to researchers who have documented cases of alligators, cottonmouth snakes and bobcats killing Burmese pythons.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Grooming also helps mask scent from potential predators.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025
Given its lack of jaws and teeth, the lumpy fish potentially used its unexpected anatomy to evade the predators who were evolving chompers.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025
But native predators may be starting to fight back, according to researchers who have documented cases of alligators, cottonmouth snakes and bobcats killing Burmese pythons.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
Grooming also helps mask scent from potential predators.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predator
Noun
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As a bald man once said: The world is a vampire (sent to drain).—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
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Furs are werewolves, Fangs are vampires, Stoners are gorgons and Scales are sirens, leader of whom is Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday).—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Matt Davis, a scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, told WGME that warmer weather from climate change could cause sharks to hang around the area until later in the year than usual.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In one high-profile case, a Chinese vessel was caught inside the Galápagos Marine Reserve with 300 tons of marine life, including 6,000 dead sharks, in 2017.—
Jennifer Raynor,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tying the vulture's feathers to a pregnant woman's legs was also said to help speed up labor.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Jena’s husband wanted to leave her body to the vultures.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lions, bears, wolves, orangutans, kangaroos and many other species faced Russian shells exploding around them and animals possibly in the hundreds were reportedly killed, as well as three zoo workers who stayed behind to feed their charges.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
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Drive through the gate and into 160 acres of pine forest populated by bears, wolves, bison, bighorn sheep, and more, all roaming freely.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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