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Recent Examples of poach
Making eggs Benedict in casserole form gives you the same flavor without the hassle of poaching eggs.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
These projects spotlight communities and conservationists fighting to protect endangered species, forests and coastlines, often under threat from poaching, climate change, and organized crime.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
The organization wound up establishing dozens of schools in the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya, created a scout program to fight poaching and increased the population of black rhinos there.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
But for Randy Musterer, owner of Sushi Confidential restaurants in Campbell, Morgan Hill and San Jose, one of the main workforce challenges is competing with tech giants such as Google and Facebook, which are looking to poach his sushi chefs and catering staff for their campus cafeterias.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
These projects spotlight communities and conservationists fighting to protect endangered species, forests and coastlines, often under threat from poaching, climate change, and organized crime.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
The organization wound up establishing dozens of schools in the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya, created a scout program to fight poaching and increased the population of black rhinos there.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
But for Randy Musterer, owner of Sushi Confidential restaurants in Campbell, Morgan Hill and San Jose, one of the main workforce challenges is competing with tech giants such as Google and Facebook, which are looking to poach his sushi chefs and catering staff for their campus cafeterias.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poach
Verb
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When an advisory is declared, impacted residents should not drink or use the tap water for preparing food or brushing teeth without boiling it first, the public utility said.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Use a half dozen of your Easter eggs for this recipe or boil extra eggs and stick them in the fridge.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The long-simmering rivalry between Sunni and Shiite Muslims erupted into a civil war that killed tens of thousands of civilians.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now Netanyahu is pushing for a decisive and final victory in this long-simmering conflict.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poach. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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