poaching

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According to Edinburgh Zoo, Sumatran tigers are critically endangered due to habitat destruction and poaching.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Law firms have become increasingly aggressive about poaching talent across practice areas, but corporate lawyers have been particularly sought after with the promise of bringing billions in business to the firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Zuckerberg embarked on a major recruitment campaign last year to acquire talent for the Meta's efforts, poaching Scale AI co-founder Alexandr Wang and putting him in charge of a newly formed unit called Superintelligence Labs.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Meta has also struggled to establish itself as a top AI player compared to competitors such as Google, Anthropic and OpenAI, despite aggressively poaching top talent to form Meta Superintelligence Labs last summer.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

It would totally make up for Babbage poaching her book if this was, in fact, for Book Scavenger.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman