predator
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"We're talking about a true apex predator, a very large wild animal," says Parton.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
But many cannot survive in the true wild, where large-scale predator control remains an endless battle, and are instead sent to fenced nature reserves, themselves high-maintenance undertakings facing problems like in-breeding and overpopulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
He was an active participant in defending Andrew Tate, using his influence to validate an accused predator because it fit the edgy, anti-establishment aesthetic of the modern manosphere media.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Mr. Jones describes a freshwater snail that, sensing a predator, instinctively climbs or descends depending on where the perceived threat tends to hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Downstream a disturbance shook the water, and a dozen silvery cigar-sized fish jumped in unison, trying to escape some hungry predator.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
In other situations, I hoped that my studded accessories would communicate to predators that I do not identify as prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Combined with previous research from the same fossil site, the evidence indicates that some animals may have been killed by predators.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Living among apex predators could make you safer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
That leaves fewer shaded, humid spaces for water to pool and mosquitoes to hide, as well as more access for mosquito predators such as birds and larger insects.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Their most dangerous predators are people. If he’s hungry for bait, he’ll get caught again.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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