poached

past tense of poach
as in boiled
to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine

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Recent Examples of poached Heck, Mougey poached Paton’s nephew away for a scouting job in New York. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025 Over 100,000 pangolins are poached from the wild every year. Michael Adkesson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025 According to Masimo, Masimo and Apple had initially met in 2013 to talk about a potential partnership or acquisition, but Apple instead poached Masimo's engineers to implement the feature on its own without Masimo's involvement. Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025 Sanders rejected the notion that players are getting poached at a spring game. Jenna West, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025 Aston Martin, which may struggle again this season, poached the legendary car designer Adrian Newey, who built title-winning machines for Williams, McLaren and most recently Red Bull. Sahil Kapur, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile a local landowner claimed that Brooks had poached the bull. Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025 Last season, Johnson led a turnaround and the Gophers went 19-15, but programs with more NIL money poached two of the team's top players by offering them more lucrative deals, the Pioneer Press reported. Nick Halter, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025 The menu highlights elevated coastal cuisine, with seafood playing the starring role in dishes like the crispy local snapper with tomato and ginger emulsion, pickles, nuac cham and Thai basil or olive oil poached swordfish with white bean puree, Sicilian olives, charred peppers and fennel pollen. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poached
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  • The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Up to half of the milk products used had been boiled, which would have pasteurized the milk.
    Julie Scott, Verywell Health, 25 Aug. 2025
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  • The two meats were stewed, roasted, grilled and breaded.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Noah Hawley stewed on an Alien spinoff years before FX even secured the rights.
    Daron James, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Poached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poached. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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