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Recent Examples of poach
For example, if Memphis is paying now to join a league, why not poach them?
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 July 2025
More Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Seeing an opportunity to poach Verstappen, Wolff has been working on the move for a month, exploring the possibility of making the driver transfer happen.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
The idea of some rich scrubs trying to poach waves from normal paddle-surfers on these 80-pound rockets in a crowded line-up is frankly terrifying.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 24 July 2025
After a 14-year career with the WWE, Hogan was poached by Ted Turner to become the face of World Championship Wrestling.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 July 2025
More Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Seeing an opportunity to poach Verstappen, Wolff has been working on the move for a month, exploring the possibility of making the driver transfer happen.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
The idea of some rich scrubs trying to poach waves from normal paddle-surfers on these 80-pound rockets in a crowded line-up is frankly terrifying.
—Brent Rose, Outside Online, 24 July 2025
After a 14-year career with the WWE, Hogan was poached by Ted Turner to become the face of World Championship Wrestling.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poach
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Dominating a narrow workflow beats boiling the ocean. 3.—
Ashis Ghosh,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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To keep things healthy, try baking or boiling them instead of deep frying.2 When consumed unripe, plantains cause a slower rise in blood sugar compared to ripe bananas or refined carbs.—
T'Keyah Bazin,
Verywell Health,
6 Aug. 2025
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The writing has been on the wall for a long time: South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global conflicts simmer.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Rainmaker is a taut thriller driven by relentless cynicism toward the state of the legal profession and simmering rage at the state of the health insurance industry.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poach. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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