prey
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“We’ve gone from zero to crisis in five years,” he said as he stalked his prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
They settled on falconry, an ancient practice of hunting smaller game with trained birds of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
But unlike the show it’s scrutinizing, “Primetime” lets its prey walk free.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Rather than relying heavily on one type of prey, they will consume almost anything they can catch underwater.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
To learn the habits of one’s prey was essential; every hunter knew this.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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
In a 2016 email exchange with Epstein, Previn referred to a teenage victim of disgraced politician Anthony Weiner as a “despicable and disgusting person who preys on the weak.”
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
It is a market that preys on inequality and sells mothers’ bodies and babies’ lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
After all these years, Richard Parker still preys on his mind.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
“You preyed on these women’s trust and their spirituality and you manipulated them for your own personal gratification,” she told the actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Living in the eastern United States between 83 million and 76 million years ago, Deinosuchus schwimmeri was a school-bus-sized relative of modern alligators that preyed on dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
He has long maintained that his company, which started in 2011 and offered mortgages for as little as a 1% down payment, has not preyed on its customers.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
It was Holm's kindness and vulnerability that they fear Cooper preyed on.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Nomadic bands that stalked wild sheep gradually altered the constitutions of the herds on which they preyed.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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
Also preying on his mind were his failure to find romantic love, and his constant religious doubts.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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