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Recent Examples of poacher
This intervention is part of a growing set of strategies aimed at protecting rhinos from poachers.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Former poachers are rangers and guides, turning their knowledge into protection instead of hunting.
—The Learning Network, New York Times, 16 May 2025
The auction also includes other things, like bows and traps, that were seized from poachers.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
From sniffing out rare species to tracking down poachers, dogs aid conservation efforts in a surprising variety of ways.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Former poachers are rangers and guides, turning their knowledge into protection instead of hunting.
—The Learning Network, New York Times, 16 May 2025
The auction also includes other things, like bows and traps, that were seized from poachers.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
From sniffing out rare species to tracking down poachers, dogs aid conservation efforts in a surprising variety of ways.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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In the Sahara, a smuggler, a paleoanthropologist, and a man on a rescue mission cross paths.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
24 June 2025
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There’s also rumored to be a tunnel in Toot’s basement that smugglers used during Prohibition to get resupplies from the waterfront.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Florida’s native flamingo population, thought to be in the thousands, was wiped out in the early 1900s by hunters seeking the birds’ feathers and meat.—
Roger Simmons,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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However, its initial observations have also highlighted its credentials as an asteroid hunter.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
30 June 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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Gone were the twisted souls of the Deep South, replaced with stoic ranch hands, rustlers and gunslingers whose lives and fates played out in the harsh midday sun.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2023
Noun
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Even today, falconers in the Middle East still regard the gyrfalcon as the most prestigious bird, often breeding them selectively for sport and tradition.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Over the following days, participants can marvel as local Kazakh falconers compete on horseback with their eagles in tow, participating in rigorous contests that showcase the natural instincts and abilities of the birds.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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To make matters even worse, snow pirates, survivalists, bandits, the colonial military force NEVEC, and other factions are fighting over land and resources.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
27 June 2025
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But the project is also right at home for Laika, as it’s set in a secret forest just outside of Laika’s home in Portland and follows a girl whose baby brother is taken into the forest, only to discover an exotic world of talking animals and bandits.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Monhegan Island After a short ferry ride from the mainland, birders can encounter a fascinating array of species across Monhegan Island, a popular destination for migrating songbirds during both spring and fall.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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On a single day sometime between December 14 and January 5, birders come out in droves to observe and count birds in a twenty-four-kilometer diameter circle in their region—the same circle every year.—
Sarah Boon
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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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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However, the very same ruling condemned Anthropic for its alternative sourcing method: using pirate websites.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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In the early 1900s, long before smartphones and selfie sticks, tourists flocked to Yellowstone National Park — not for the geysers or scenery, but for a grotesque show: A nightly spectacle of grizzly bears raiding cafeteria scraps from open-pit landfills like desperate, starving pirates.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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