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Recent Examples of poacher
Madrid also seems to have unearthed a gem in Gonzalo Garcia, whom Herrera thinks can be Madrid’s penalty box poacher.
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Because Tibetan antelopes can’t be domesticated, poachers often kill them, extract the fur, and leave the carcasses behind.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
In the late 1800s, plumage poachers hunted subtropical birds to near-extinction before being stopped.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Old-school egg poacher pans, typically made from cast iron or copper, featured four grooves where amateur chefs would crack eggs into and place over a shallow pan of boiling water.
—Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Because Tibetan antelopes can’t be domesticated, poachers often kill them, extract the fur, and leave the carcasses behind.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
In the late 1800s, plumage poachers hunted subtropical birds to near-extinction before being stopped.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Old-school egg poacher pans, typically made from cast iron or copper, featured four grooves where amateur chefs would crack eggs into and place over a shallow pan of boiling water.
—Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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First by shadowing a refugee smuggler and some refugees preparing to trek through the treacherous Darién Gap rainforest.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The family travelled north from Central America for weeks, crossing rivers by night and riding concealed in smugglers’ trucks.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mountain lions are hunters, carnivores, apex predators.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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Some hunters sell their kills for thirty crowns a head.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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What a perfect opportunity for the island’s shoe bandit to strike again!—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
1 Oct. 2025
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The bandit takes the pair into Shaybani territory, where he is treated with suspicion, to the extent that he is considered a traitor and condemned to die.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 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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These birders see the world differently: Floodplains and water where there are farmlands and homes; an ecosystem of science and history happening over our heads and below our feet each day.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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