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Recent Examples of predatorWhen picturing a predator, most people envision an animal with immense speed, sharp teeth or deadly venom.—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 This approach avoids attracting predators.—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 9 May 2026 How fitting, then, that a primitive predator from five hundred and sixty million years ago, a fossilized example of which was discovered near where the young David grew up, should have been named Auroralumina attenboroughii in his honor.—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 As apex predators, the raptors help control rodent and small-mammal populations, thereby helping balance life in the wildlands.—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for predator
Beyond that, non-phantom, non-Dracula vampires aren’t terribly over-exposed in the Broadway genre.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Mariclare Costello, a lifetime member of The Actors Studio who recurred as the schoolteacher Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons and played a hippie vampire in the cult horror film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, died April 17 in Brooklyn, her family announced.
While the director’s last studio hit, 1999’s Deep Blue Sea, shares shark DNA, the new thriller’s roots are deeply embedded in 1970s disaster movies, not least the truly dreadful Airport ’77.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
Guest shark Rashaun Williams strapped on his court shoes, wiped them on their mini mat and stomped onto their court.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
This museum usually is not too crowded and attracts culture-vultures looking for a reprieve from the beach.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
An investigation is underway after more than 30 dead vultures were found dumped along a roadway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park last month, according to the National Park Service.
The top five mascot finalists were coyotes, lions, owls, patriots and wolves.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
10 May 2026
The North American prairie is an ecological marvel, home to some of the nation’s most iconic creatures — bison, elk, wolves, pronghorn, prairie dogs and bald eagles.