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headhunting

[hed-huhn-ting] / ˈhɛdˌhʌn tɪŋ /


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Several headhunting firms offered her opportunities, but she settled on an American company based in China.

From New York Times Nov. 16, 2022

In the city's Futian district, Candice, a 28-year-old who works with a headhunting business, expressed dismay over the latest lockdown measures.

From Reuters Sep. 3, 2022

Swanson doesn’t want to be construed as some headhunting reliever.

From Seattle Times Jul. 1, 2022

What they actually do is hire headhunting firms.

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2022

The quality of statesmanship in Wood which dealt with these problems and settled them so that from a slave-holding, polygamous, headhunting land there arose a self-governing community is of the highest order.

From The Career of Leonard Wood by Joseph Hamblen Sears



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