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The heads contain electroreceptors that allow the sharks to more effectively find prey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

A pair of the rare birds of prey successfully hatched three chicks at Campfield Marsh, a wetland on the shores of Solway Firth, in Cumbria, it said.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Intron RNA had never been detected outside a cell, which made the researchers especially interested in looking for it inside the bacterium's prey.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

But we know too that to double down is to fall prey to the timeworn seduction of the sunk-cost fallacy: We’ve invested so much in this effort that to abandon it now would be worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Places where injured birds can still be near the sky, but not become prey while they’re healing.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

It’s a clever and nasty bit of social engineering — a bait and switch that preys on people’s curiosity and the simple pleasure of feeling included.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

"The ants it preys on have adhesive pads on their feet, so the contraction of the bundle of tension lines has to overcome a force of many times the ant's body weight to lift it."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

Together, we can set an example of strong leadership that protects people rather than preys on them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

“She had difficulties already in her life, and there’s no sugar coating that. So we had to navigate this argument that what social-media addiction does is it preys upon the vulnerable more times than not.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

After all these years, Richard Parker still preys on his mind.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

But Sebastien Desabre's remarkably brave DR Congo side caught England manager Thomas Tuchel's team off-guard with a formation shift which preyed on some of their vulnerabilities.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

"Octopuses are like cats: they will sneak up on their prey and pounce, and they want to do so as fast as possible, so that they don't become preyed upon," Tse says.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Lawmakers said Calvin’s testimony helped them understand the true breadth of the problem and how in those early months, vulnerable residents were preyed upon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

That very vulnerability is what is preyed upon by perpetrators.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

The predator and the preyed upon exist not alone, but as part of a vast web of life, all of which needs to be taken into account.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

More than half a century before the #MeToo movement shook the global entertainment industry, Monroe denounced the Hollywood "wolves" preying on female talent.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

"Kank coexisted with larger carnivores such as Maip macrothorax, a formidable megaraptorid dinosaur more than 10 metres long, which may have been capable of preying upon it," Dr. Motta adds.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

“There’s so much advice out there that isn’t wise. There’s so much out there preying on them: buy-now-pay-later, prediction markets, cryptocurrency. It’s all looming.”

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

She scrolls job advertisements online, fearful of internet scammers preying on her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

With all that has happened today, has that question actually been preying on him?

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins