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Recent Examples of predation
An animal in advanced pregnancy is vulnerable to wolf predation anytime.
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Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
This week, many of those survivors joined the nonprofit advocacy group Model Alliance in calling for state and federal investigations into what role the modeling industry may have played in facilitating Epstein’s decades’ worth of predation.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
Warm water spilling through to Grand Canyon could support breeding by invasive bass that lurk as a predation threat the Canyon’s native fish.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Built to Hunt in the Dark Despite its tiny size, the scorpion is equipped for effective predation.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
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Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026
This week, many of those survivors joined the nonprofit advocacy group Model Alliance in calling for state and federal investigations into what role the modeling industry may have played in facilitating Epstein’s decades’ worth of predation.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
Warm water spilling through to Grand Canyon could support breeding by invasive bass that lurk as a predation threat the Canyon’s native fish.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Built to Hunt in the Dark Despite its tiny size, the scorpion is equipped for effective predation.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predation
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Federal prosecutors charged Castillo with depredation of government property.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Colorado’s wolf depredation compensation program is the broadest in the country, Sedgeley said.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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McGinnis’ lawyer said that was tantamount to spoliation — or destruction of evidence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 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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The looting report in Haaretz follows several other misconduct complaints against Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Spiegelman uses the term micro-looting, dressing up petty theft in political pretensions.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Article continues below Unfortunately, a passing asteroid deposits a killer alien robot in their midst, and the soldiers must fend for themselves as this marauding mech stalks them with guns and lasers blazing.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 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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Some have traveled farther as part of colonial-era collections — as far as the British Museum — and been returned; a story unto itself about the plundering of the natural world in the age of empire, and institutions reckoning with their inheritance.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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Living through the aftermath of Rome’s plundering in 410 by the Visigoths, Augustine keenly appreciated the fact that empires come and go.—
Brett Whalen,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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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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In fact, researchers know that pirates – basically just thieves on the water – targeted these river boats, because Egyptian pharaohs left records grumbling about pirates and their widespread pillaging.—
Brandon Prins,
The Conversation,
14 July 2025
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Critics contend the industry plunders distressed companies, leading to downsizing and cost-cutting that hurts local communities, though other research has pushed back on that reputation.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Through its parallel plots of love and guilt and plunder and destruction and rescue, one particular idea, one particular love, runs like a mighty stream: the passionate ties between Jews and books.—
Cathleen Schine,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Predation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predation. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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