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predator

[pred-uh-ter, -tawr] / ˈprɛd ə tər, -ˌtɔr /
NOUN
hunter, killer
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A zoo has blamed a computer error after it advertised a "child predator tour" online to see its tigers and lions.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

“I just don’t understand the stance that people think coyotes are evil when the reality is human beings are the evil apex predator on this planet,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Perhaps, just like in the food chain, there will be another bigger predator that takes over the city, a secret third thing that turns this generic Roblox neighborhood into something even more unrecognizable.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

But it was a world that could somehow support a giant predator.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Those ancestors of the whales who relied on these senses to locate a mate or a baby or a predator did not leave many offspring.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

"Crocodilians, the largest predators in most tropical, subtropical freshwater and brackish environments, are a unique case when it comes to homing behavior," said behavioral ecologist and Adjunct Associate Professor Ru Somaweera, from Murdoch University.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Under the "ghosts of predators past" hypothesis, pronghorns became exceptionally fast because they evolved alongside a cheetah-like predator capable of high-speed pursuit.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

His work has helped people learn that the apex predators are around humans more often than once thought.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

During breeding season—roughly late April through most of August—they nest in underground burrows on offshore islands where mammalian predators such as mink, rats and foxes can’t get at them or their young.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The other kids stared at us, whispering among themselves, but they also kept their distance, as if they hadn’t decided whether we were predators or prey.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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