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[prey] / preɪ /


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Stay up really late so you wake up with the kind of high upper eyelid exposure that gives you Prey Eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

At the temple shelter, 67-year-old farmer Sok Chork said he settled in Prey Chan in 1980, when the area was landmine-infested and undeveloped.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Keepers at the Cornish Birds of Prey Centre CIC said a gyr falcon and a striated caracara were taken between 17:00 GMT on Thursday and 07:00 on Friday.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

The bird was washed, fed and given water before being transported to the Orange County Bird of Prey Center, where it will begin its rehabilitation journey.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

I hadn't read Jane Bowles's work but knew her husband's book The Delicate Prey, which was just about my favorite collection of stories in the world.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos




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