as in shark
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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Recent Examples of tiger
Britton will play David Neal, a USDA investigator who was assigned to look into the nearly fatal tiger attack on Roy Horn.
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Tigers in Bandhavgarh To see bengal tigers, India’s national animal, go to Bandhavgarh National Park in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
—Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
This is the most entertaining, unifying thing since tiger king!
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
In The Lion in the Living Room, Abigail Tucker reminds that our ancestors were certainly prey for lions and leopards and tigers.
—Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Tigers in Bandhavgarh To see bengal tigers, India’s national animal, go to Bandhavgarh National Park in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
—Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
This is the most entertaining, unifying thing since tiger king!
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
In The Lion in the Living Room, Abigail Tucker reminds that our ancestors were certainly prey for lions and leopards and tigers.
—Rebecca Van Laer
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
Noun
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When the shark measuring about 10 feet didn’t fit through the door, Mucerino and Burress got a bite of inspiration.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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Most sharks, of course, slice and dice tuna and other fishes, and occasionally the rare human.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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While here, divers can see a veritable rainbow of Keys marine life, encompassing barracudas, turtles, coral, and more.—
Teaghan Skulszki,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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The great barracuda, in particular, is known for its speed and fearsome array of needlelike teeth that can swiftly slice through prey.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For me personally, Parkinson’s is a bully.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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That was a very—that was a very big, big, strong bully.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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In Pecos, a shelter employee named Luis gave me a tour while Wright was waylaid by a man in a black pickup truck who wanted to surrender four pit bulls.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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Lake Worth police officers and animal control officers searched the area to find the suspect and the brown pit bull but were unsuccessful, police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
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Colombia's 15,600-person-strong air force operates several different types of aircraft, roughly a third of which are fighter ground-attack aircraft capable of carrying out missions in the air or attacks on land.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s remarks come after Beijing infuriated him by expanding export controls on rare earth products that are used in smartphones, fighter jets, electric vehicles and more.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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