poach
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To Abbass, a clear sign the labor market is improving is when people start trying to poach his own recruiters, and that’s been happening as of late.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Asked if he would poach any politicians from other parties, he said there were "a few good Tories in the SNP".
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
She also helped maintain Disney’s direct line to Fairyland, as Disney in 1957 would once again poach from Fairyland, this time puppeteer Bob Mills to run Disneyland’s budding marionette program.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
In a market where some U.S. firms are pulling back on flexibility, global-first companies are still using remote work to poach top talent.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026
All we’d been eating were the few fish we’d managed to poach from Cunningham’s stream and once in a while a wild onion or an old potato.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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