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
For seating, slide into the red velvet banquettes or plop onto a gold tiger velvet stool.
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Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
For a palace retreat in Central India, with all the trappings of the royal life—from temples to tigers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Some guests report hearing tigers roaring at night, though staff say the tigers are mostly quiet and do not disturb sleep.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Hence the joke of the book: kids listening to the story can’t stop imagining tigers, and, since their wish is the narrator’s command, each ensuing page is filled with a new, very silly iteration of a tiger: shaped like a cube, carrying a briefcase, flaunting a mermaid’s tail.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
For a palace retreat in Central India, with all the trappings of the royal life—from temples to tigers.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Some guests report hearing tigers roaring at night, though staff say the tigers are mostly quiet and do not disturb sleep.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Hence the joke of the book: kids listening to the story can’t stop imagining tigers, and, since their wish is the narrator’s command, each ensuing page is filled with a new, very silly iteration of a tiger: shaped like a cube, carrying a briefcase, flaunting a mermaid’s tail.
—Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
Noun
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The aquarium features hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and dozens of habitats filled with nearly 8,000 animals, including sharks, sea turtles, stingrays and jellyfish.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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The shark is a pleasing stand-in for a big bossy grownup, easily fooled.—
Elise Broach,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Snapper, grouper, amberjack, and barracuda can patrol decks and passages, while coral, sponges, and barnacles create a habitat for smaller fish.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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Under notable catches, the state lists 12 additional species, including barracuda, blue marlin and the white shark.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
5 Jan. 2026
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With elections around the corner, reframing Trump as a victim, rather than a bully, will do little to save the United States from its current political free fall.—
Jennifer Lutz,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But the eighth-grade bully can have a problem with a sixth grader.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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The dog, a small female tan and white pit bull mix between 1 and 3 years old, had no identification or a microchip.—
Kellie Love,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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Girls cuddling pit bull puppies.—
Jesmyn Ward,
Vanity Fair,
21 Apr. 2026
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Tokyo is also developing a next-generation fighter jet with Britain and Italy for deployment in the mid-2030s, part of a strategy to share development costs and gain access to new technology.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Northrop Grumman’s shares F/A-XX design clues The F/A-XX program calls for a sixth-generation fighter to succeed the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and complement the F-35C Lightning II.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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