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predator

[pred-uh-ter, -tawr] / ˈprɛd ə tər, -ˌtɔr /
NOUN
hunter, killer
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Boeing makes more jets than Americans buy, but that doesn’t mean it is acting as a trade predator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

As water temperatures rise, predator metabolism speeds up, increasing their energy demands and pushing them to feed more aggressively.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

The film has no sympathy for Joe Jackson, whom Domingo plays as both a predator and aggravatingly savvy: half-spider, half-Mommie Dearest.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Long described as a "dinosaur-killer," this enormous predator was likely at the very top of the food chain in its time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

At times the zebra made noises about the predator just behind it, but mostly it lay in hopeless and sullen silence.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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