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Recent Examples of poacher
Because Tibetan antelopes can’t be domesticated, poachers often kill them, extract the fur, and leave the carcasses behind.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
Their population continues to be under threat from poachers and deforestation.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Nonstick egg poachers are frequently better options than egg poachers that do not include some method of nonstick.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
With poachers targeting the animal for its valuable fur, the population dropped to 6,000 by the mid-1960s.
—David Nolan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
Their population continues to be under threat from poachers and deforestation.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Nonstick egg poachers are frequently better options than egg poachers that do not include some method of nonstick.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
With poachers targeting the animal for its valuable fur, the population dropped to 6,000 by the mid-1960s.
—David Nolan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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That rhetoric has only amplified with Abrego Garcia’s criminal indictment in Tennessee, where federal prosecutors have called him not only a member, but a ringleader in the gang and a prolific human smuggler.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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With the support of villagers and a French smuggler, Grau embarks on a dangerous mission that jeopardizes his own life and that of his family, while reigniting wounds from the still-recent Spanish Civil War.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shortening the season could also concentrate hunters who already apply persistent pressure on Mearns’ quail in their limited range, Russell told the commission.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In Indiana, frog hunters can harvest 25 American bullfrogs or green frogs a day.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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Siringo was appointed a New Mexico Ranger in 1916 and for two years saw active service against cattle rustlers.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Now comes Bryan Burrough’s new book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, to end the scrubbing of Hardin’s life of crime, along with those of many other murdering cattle rustlers, cheating saloon gamblers, and quick-draw vigilantes.—
Clifford Krauss,
Air Mail,
7 June 2025
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The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The falcon no longer hears the falconer.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern were cast as the bumbling but dogged bandits, Harry and Marv, and Catherine O’Hara brought humor and compassion to the part of Kevin’s mother.—
Tim Greiving,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Are there ways that notorious bandits have successfully robbed banks?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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People argue about how much space a birder should give to its target, and whether baiting them with food is appropriate.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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Championed by birder and former state legislator Bob Duschesne, the trail is a network of more than 260 birding locations all around Maine.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Fowlers have three children — including a son and daughter who are also Chapman alumni — 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and divide their time between residences on the East and West Coasts.—
Orange County Register,
Orange County Register,
28 Mar. 2017
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Red velvet and leather banquettes call for intimate gatherings while the main room has an eccentric vibe of huntsmen lodge meets medieval garden.—
Christina Liao,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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