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Recent Examples of predation
There’s a terrifying vacancy at Matthew’s core, a shamelessness which Pellerin weaponizes as Russell’s film blurs the lines between Matthew’s devotion, predation, and genuine desire.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Stray cats have been accused of damaging property, spreading disease and impacting native wildlife through predation, among other issues.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Like the eternally single Zelda, Astoria has laid eggs (unfertilized, of course) in a nest on the ground and refused to abandon them for days at a time, putting her in danger of starvation and at risk of predation from unleashed dogs.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Plants use electrical signals to coordinate responses to stimuli like touch, light, or predation.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Stray cats have been accused of damaging property, spreading disease and impacting native wildlife through predation, among other issues.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Like the eternally single Zelda, Astoria has laid eggs (unfertilized, of course) in a nest on the ground and refused to abandon them for days at a time, putting her in danger of starvation and at risk of predation from unleashed dogs.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
Plants use electrical signals to coordinate responses to stimuli like touch, light, or predation.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predation
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In October 2024, 20 mountain lions were killed through depredation permits statewide, the DFW reported.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Wolf depredation in Cochise County last summer resulted in the relocation of a pack from southern Arizona to captivity in New Mexico.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The spoliation inference becomes a presumption of guilt that's incredibly challenging to overcome.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Last Friday, Damien Marshall and other King & Spalding attorneys on behalf of MSG filed a memorandum of law in opposition to Oakley’s motion for what are known as spoliation sanctions, meaning a punishment for failure to preserve relevant evidence.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
14 May 2025
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And, as bad as all that looting was, the wealth that remained in Congo constituted only a small percentage of what was being made on markets globally, and from the technology those minerals powered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Some of the demonstrations descended into shootings, looting and vandalism.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Rutter, the club’s record £40m buy from Leeds United, was an instant hit last season with insatiable work rate and marauding runs until an ankle injury ruled him out from March for the rest of the campaign.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The people who've made it out are telling us horror stories of mass killings, of rape and pillage of women and families.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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Vikings, for example, used the extra daylight to sneak in a longer pillage sesh.—
Corey Buhay,
Outside Online,
19 June 2025
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It was revealed during that trial that Low's plundering of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund exceeded $4 billion.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Nov. 2025
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Aron Solomon on how the Meta AI copyright decision made libraries sitting ducks for AI plundering.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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After more than a century of plunder and strife, under tyrants as diverse as King Leopold II of Belgium and Mobutu Sese Seko, the present-day DRC still occupies the dark heart of the continent in much of the world’s imagination.—
Holden Frith,
TheWeek,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Venezuelan regime is broadly unpopular in Latin America; its socialism of plunder has sent millions of desperate people into Colombia and other states.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Predation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predation. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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