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pilgarlics

noun

plural of pilgarlic
as in sitting ducks

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  1. sitting ducks
  2. victims
  3. prey
  4. targets
  5. butts
Noun
  • In Ukraine, tanks—the backbone of 20th-century armies—have become sitting ducks for drones.
    — Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • As labor complications ensue, a blizzard rages outside trapping the family in their home – sitting ducks for whatever sinister presence might be in there with them.
    — William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of sitting ducks
Noun
  • The studies with these conclusions have not held up over time and may be victims of publication bias.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Once a case enters the criminal justice system, control shifts almost entirely to state or federal officials, often leaving victims feeling sidelined.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of victims
Noun
  • Threats facing the species include habitat loss, declining prey populations and human-wildlife conflict.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Over Labor Day weekend, Springfield Public Schools, a district in western Massachusetts that serves twenty-three thousand students across some sixty schools, fell prey to a cyberattack that shuttered classes for four days.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of prey
Noun
  • One of your biggest targets in this book is Jeffrey Katzenberg.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Since the program’s inception in the early 2000s, most companies have failed to reach their original hiring or investment targets and ultimately did not receive the full grant funding.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of targets
Noun
  • On the living-room table was a giant bowl filled with cigarette butts, which Beck said was for an art project.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Our defense in that first half battled their (butts) off, gave us a chance, trying to get stuff going.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of butts
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“Pilgarlics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgarlics. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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