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Recent Examples of predation
Researchers think that large, burrowing predators like may have driven the rapid evolution of stream-dwelling salamanders in Appalachia by introducing new levels of competition and predation.
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
One possible explanation for this is that an obvious reaction might draw attention to their nests and leave their eggs more at risk of predation.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Flying at night provides more stable, less turbulent air and may reduce the risk of predation from diurnal raptors.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Melissa is an extremely gifted mountain athlete, but what truly fueled her mountain pursuits was a relentless emotional emptiness created from childhood abuse at the hands of her mother and predation from a teacher.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
One possible explanation for this is that an obvious reaction might draw attention to their nests and leave their eggs more at risk of predation.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Flying at night provides more stable, less turbulent air and may reduce the risk of predation from diurnal raptors.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Melissa is an extremely gifted mountain athlete, but what truly fueled her mountain pursuits was a relentless emotional emptiness created from childhood abuse at the hands of her mother and predation from a teacher.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predation
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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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Chain of Custody Issues: The longer the delay between an incident and preserving mobile evidence, the more opportunities exist for spoliation claims about data modification or tampering.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 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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Otherwise, illicit actors will continue to profit from their pillage.—
Justyna Gudzowska,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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California was also a land of plunder, a place where rampant capitalism had merged with unrealistic fantasy.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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At the Jeu de Paume museum, Valland took many risks to safeguard its treasures and record the massive plunder of artwork across France.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
18 June 2025
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“Predation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predation. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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