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Recent Examples of poached
The Mountain West believes it is owed $55 million from the Pac-12 under the terms of a scheduling agreement signed in December 2023 that attached a price tag of approximately $11 million to any school the Pac-12 poached.
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Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Species such as Grant’s gazelles, Thomson’s gazelles, Southern reedbucks, and Impalas are commonly poached for meat, horns (used in traditional medicine and ornaments) and skins.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Initially, Alex Pou worked closely with a Coconut Grove youth-football team, known as the Redskins, whose players were often poached by affluent youth-football leagues from outside the area.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
More than 20 researchers, including Rishabh Agarwal, who was poached by Meta from DeepMind just a few months ago, have left their work at major AI companies to join the startup focused on building AI that accelerates real-world scientific discovery in physics, chemistry, and materials science.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Norvell was poached from Nevada to bring normalcy, decency, an exciting offense and success, not necessarily in that order.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Fremantle has poached Disney+’s head of originals in Italy to run its Italian operation alongside interim CEO Valerio Fiorespino.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
One of the desserts that will be savored included a bombe glacée cardinal, a vanilla ice cream featuring Kentish raspberry sorbet and lightly poached Victoria plums.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
After hearing gunshots ring out in the middle of the night, residents soon feared two bears had been poached as speculations swirled, California wildlife officials say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Species such as Grant’s gazelles, Thomson’s gazelles, Southern reedbucks, and Impalas are commonly poached for meat, horns (used in traditional medicine and ornaments) and skins.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Initially, Alex Pou worked closely with a Coconut Grove youth-football team, known as the Redskins, whose players were often poached by affluent youth-football leagues from outside the area.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
More than 20 researchers, including Rishabh Agarwal, who was poached by Meta from DeepMind just a few months ago, have left their work at major AI companies to join the startup focused on building AI that accelerates real-world scientific discovery in physics, chemistry, and materials science.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Norvell was poached from Nevada to bring normalcy, decency, an exciting offense and success, not necessarily in that order.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Fremantle has poached Disney+’s head of originals in Italy to run its Italian operation alongside interim CEO Valerio Fiorespino.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
One of the desserts that will be savored included a bombe glacée cardinal, a vanilla ice cream featuring Kentish raspberry sorbet and lightly poached Victoria plums.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
After hearing gunshots ring out in the middle of the night, residents soon feared two bears had been poached as speculations swirled, California wildlife officials say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poached
Verb
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Freeze extra for later, sans any pasta, which is better when freshly boiled.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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Potatoes Potatoes are starchy vegetables that can be enjoyed roasted, boiled, sauteed, or fried.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Wild boar stewed in red wine with rich polenta in winter.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Its specialty menu blends Haitian cuisine and American favorites with oxtail and griot pizzas, Haitian pasta and stewed chicken.—
Loán Lake,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Poached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poached. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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