as in shark
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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The Louisville Zoo is asking for the public's help in naming their newest addition—a Sumatran tiger cub.
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Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2024
With the funding, the company plans to, for example, rewrite elephant DNA with mammoth genes to create a mammoth-like embryo, and the company’s goal has expanded to editing and re-writing DNA to restore or preserve several extinct animals like the dodo bird or Tasmanian tiger.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Everything from the store facade to the interior ties back to the natural stone-gray palette, and an archival tiger print fabric from Hubert de Givenchy’s home provides a pop of color to the seating upholstery.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 25 Sep. 2024
Sumatran tigers are native to Sumatra and are currently critically endangered, with less than 400 estimated to be in the wild, according to the International Tiger Project.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024
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Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2024
With the funding, the company plans to, for example, rewrite elephant DNA with mammoth genes to create a mammoth-like embryo, and the company’s goal has expanded to editing and re-writing DNA to restore or preserve several extinct animals like the dodo bird or Tasmanian tiger.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Everything from the store facade to the interior ties back to the natural stone-gray palette, and an archival tiger print fabric from Hubert de Givenchy’s home provides a pop of color to the seating upholstery.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 25 Sep. 2024
Sumatran tigers are native to Sumatra and are currently critically endangered, with less than 400 estimated to be in the wild, according to the International Tiger Project.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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