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Recent Examples of predator
Mice or voles like to hide in taller grass, feeling safe from predators like owls and hawks, or your neighbor’s cat.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
However, unlike at least 10 other victims, McVey escaped — a feat that both saved her own life and led the police to the brutal predator.
—Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
That generally works fine because the animals have so few predators.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2025
That discovery in 2006 now appears to have overturned decades of dinosaur dogma about Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome giant long thought to be the sole top predator stalking the late Cretaceous.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
However, unlike at least 10 other victims, McVey escaped — a feat that both saved her own life and led the police to the brutal predator.
—Erica Marrison, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
That generally works fine because the animals have so few predators.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2025
That discovery in 2006 now appears to have overturned decades of dinosaur dogma about Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome giant long thought to be the sole top predator stalking the late Cretaceous.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predator
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Popping into a camp full of allies newly wary of the 428-year-old vampire in their midst, Regis begins by clearing up the misconception that he can be repelled by garlic, then drops a line about Jaskier’s blood smelling good.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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When a young woman (Michie Tomizawa) becomes the target of a powerful vampire lord, Count Lee (Seizô Katô) — first in a ruthless countryside attack, later an abduction — D takes it upon himself to save her.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After several moments, the shark managed to wriggle free and return to the ocean unharmed.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Take along snorkel gear—every stop is a chance to swim with sea turtles and even the occasional reef shark.—
Carla Vianna,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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That could be way too reactionary and dramatic, but the vultures and sharks in this league are headed there with this situation.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Footage from state media showed several wolf robots struggling to hide in open areas.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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This immersive, small-group tour offers participants some flexibility and freedom to choose where their tour focuses and to participate in behind-the-scenes activities, such as preparing enrichment for the wolves.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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