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Recent Examples of predator
Hippos have an average lifespan of up to 50 years and no natural predators in Colombia, which is why the population ballooned from just four to nearly 200 today.
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Carlie Procell, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
In today’s context, a 1996 film that brings down a dangerous ring of child predators feels ahead of its time, but during its release, there was more emphasis on poking holes in Carcaterra’s claim that Sleepers is based on his own true life story.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Stretching up to 62 feet long, the ancient predator dwarfed modern giant squid and may have rivaled some of the most formidable hunters of the Cretaceous oceans.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
This Giant Octopus Has Scientists Rethinking Ancient Oceans For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed marine ecosystems were dominated by vertebrate predators — fish, sharks, marine reptiles and eventually whales.
—Ryan Brennan
april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
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Carlie Procell, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
In today’s context, a 1996 film that brings down a dangerous ring of child predators feels ahead of its time, but during its release, there was more emphasis on poking holes in Carcaterra’s claim that Sleepers is based on his own true life story.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Stretching up to 62 feet long, the ancient predator dwarfed modern giant squid and may have rivaled some of the most formidable hunters of the Cretaceous oceans.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
This Giant Octopus Has Scientists Rethinking Ancient Oceans For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed marine ecosystems were dominated by vertebrate predators — fish, sharks, marine reptiles and eventually whales.
—Ryan Brennan
april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predator
Noun
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Not in terms of the scale of its sets—we’ll leave that to the giant staircase in The Queen of Versailles, or whatever is going on with the flying vampires of The Lost Boys—but in terms of the most tropes crammed into one two-act stretch.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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While the film features a love triangle, Bella is notably the only human in the mix, while Edward is a vampire and Taylor Lautner's Jacob Black is a werewolf.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The aquarium features hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and dozens of habitats filled with nearly 8,000 animals, including sharks, sea turtles, stingrays and jellyfish.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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The shark is a pleasing stand-in for a big bossy grownup, easily fooled.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The moral injury from which hip-hop could not heal, in his mind, was the incursion of capitalism, the selling out, the culture-vulture turn that Bambaataa spoke to and spoke to freely.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Topa Topa is the first California condor to have lived in a zoo setting, and in honor of Earth Month, the Los Angeles Zoo is recognizing the 60-year-old vulture as a conservation icon.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Mess with one wolf, mess with them all.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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Drones, police, emergency workers, and veterinarians all joined the search, alongside community members whose footage documenting the wolf’s movements helped guide search teams.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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