poaching
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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
Monkey Forest park director Matt Lovatt said: "Knowing that her DNA could help protect Barbary macaques from poaching and illegal trade is something truly special."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
At Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr’s reborn French restaurant in New York, instead of poaching the meringue they bake it before service in a low-temp oven for a miraculously brisk seven minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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
The Florida Keys are a national marine sanctuary, which means that the islands are supposedly protected by special laws against pollution, poaching, and other man-made damage.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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