as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators

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Recent Examples of predator If not properly removed, the scent can attract new bats—or even predators like raccoons. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2025 Given its lack of jaws and teeth, the lumpy fish potentially used its unexpected anatomy to evade the predators who were evolving chompers. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2025 But native predators may be starting to fight back, according to researchers who have documented cases of alligators, cottonmouth snakes and bobcats killing Burmese pythons. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025 Grooming also helps mask scent from potential predators. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for predator
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Noun
  • The temporary crowns did look oddly artificial—like the plastic vampire teeth that children wear, except more elegant.
    Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
  • In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • Matt Davis, a scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, told WGME that warmer weather from climate change could cause sharks to hang around the area until later in the year than usual.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In one high-profile case, a Chinese vessel was caught inside the Galápagos Marine Reserve with 300 tons of marine life, including 6,000 dead sharks, in 2017.
    Jennifer Raynor, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Tying the vulture's feathers to a pregnant woman's legs was also said to help speed up labor.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Jena’s husband wanted to leave her body to the vultures.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Part of the inspiration for using the fight scenes between Driver and Johansson from the film are to illustrate to the wolves that humans are to be feared, Paul Wolf, a USDA district supervisor in Oregon, told the WSJ.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The conflict among wolves, prey and people is real.
    Peter Kareiva, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025

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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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