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as in womanizers
a man given to seducing women
she threatened to geld the wolf if he didn't stop making passes at her
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as in predators
a person who habitually preys upon others
no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep
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Recent Examples of wolves
Cue the mayhem, as the boys dash through the snow in a stranger’s car, run around London and freak out as a pack of wolves surround them in the woods.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2025
This highly contagious viral illness affects the cardiac and intestinal systems of dogs and wolves.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
China staged a large and highly choreographed military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, unveiling a new long-range hypersonic missile, underwater drones and even robotic wolves.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
This is due in part to the high level of predation that Upper-Peninsula whitetails face compared to their southern counterparts, which don’t have wolves to worry about.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Restricted to Canada’s most northern territories and northern Greenland, Arctic wolves are curious about humans due to a lack of interaction.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And now it’s being used to scare wolves that have been eating livestock from farms on the West Coast.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
As members of the canid family, foxes are related to dogs, coyotes, and wolves.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
State wildlife officials planned to release an additional 10 to 15 wolves annually for three to five years, until the wolves’ population is stable and sustainable.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2025
This highly contagious viral illness affects the cardiac and intestinal systems of dogs and wolves.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
China staged a large and highly choreographed military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, unveiling a new long-range hypersonic missile, underwater drones and even robotic wolves.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
This is due in part to the high level of predation that Upper-Peninsula whitetails face compared to their southern counterparts, which don’t have wolves to worry about.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
Restricted to Canada’s most northern territories and northern Greenland, Arctic wolves are curious about humans due to a lack of interaction.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And now it’s being used to scare wolves that have been eating livestock from farms on the West Coast.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
As members of the canid family, foxes are related to dogs, coyotes, and wolves.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
State wildlife officials planned to release an additional 10 to 15 wolves annually for three to five years, until the wolves’ population is stable and sustainable.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wolves
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Operators such as Frontiers North Adventures will take you on a tundra buggy tour to glimpse the Arctic’s most majestic predators.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
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Although the climate is cold, birds have few predators there.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After a tumultuous and tearful enemies-to-lovers journey, brilliant scholarship student Ruby Hall (Harriet Herbig-Matten) and troubled but sensitive rich kid James Beaufort (Damian Hardung) finally gave in to their emotions (and passion) in the season 1 finale.—
Kristen Baldwin September 2,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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This last option is highly recommended for lemon lovers (which includes a lot of us); there are even a few lemon segments to liven this dish up.—
Tom Hyland,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All 500-year-old vampires will be able to watch Talamasca on their television sets in linear fashion on AMC.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the two minute trailer (below), the death of someone close to a secret society charged with monitoring the world’s immortals, including witches and vampires, prompts the group to seek out a new recruit in the form of a young unsuspecting man, Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton).—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Wolves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wolves. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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