Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crocodiles
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Larger alligators are known to eat smaller ones, which is a major factor in adult alligator mortality, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026 -
The Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences has had alligators on display for more than 100 years, although Claude is the museum’s first albino alligator, the museum said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The solution may involve options that aren’t their first choice, like a day or two in daycare per week, but are still healthy for the kids.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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Frannie is an eastern or mountain bongo, which is one of the largest species of forest antelopes.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
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In Africa, infection has been documented through the handling of infected fruit bats, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas, forest antelope and porcupines found ill or dead in the rainforest.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The project will replace seals, low side bushings, protective devices and conservator bladders in the transformers.—
D. Hunter Reardon,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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In 2020, researchers began receiving reports by citizen scientists of grey seals being preyed on by sharks.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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“Crocodiles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crocodiles. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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