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Starbucks With sales shrinking in its biggest markets, Starbucks poached Chipotle Mexican Grill star CEO Brian Niccol to turn around the coffee chain’s fortunes, replacing Laxman Narasimhan.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Winsor had been personally recruited by the developer Trammell Crow, who recognized his leadership skills and poached him from Texas Instruments.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
The Rockies added Veen to the 40-man roster last month, thus protecting him from being poached in Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2024
Smith would look and search for the smoke-phase hen, wondering if the bird was still alive, and he would always be relieved to discover it hadn’t been poached or eaten.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2024
For our recipe, the Test Kitchen poached just-cooked oysters in milk until their edges began to curl.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
Readers also loved this cod, poached in zesty green curry paste and coconut milk.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2024
On a tight menu where flame and heat are in short supply, one of the highlights is the whole lobster, poached, segmented, and presented in its shell, doused in an herbaceous, earthy brown butter that pools at the bottom of the bowl.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024
In 2007, at the onset of its slowdown, the company poached then-Paco Rabanne artistic director Patrick Robinson to be head designer for the Gap brand.
—Cathleen Chen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Winsor had been personally recruited by the developer Trammell Crow, who recognized his leadership skills and poached him from Texas Instruments.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
The Rockies added Veen to the 40-man roster last month, thus protecting him from being poached in Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 9 Dec. 2024
Smith would look and search for the smoke-phase hen, wondering if the bird was still alive, and he would always be relieved to discover it hadn’t been poached or eaten.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2024
For our recipe, the Test Kitchen poached just-cooked oysters in milk until their edges began to curl.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
Readers also loved this cod, poached in zesty green curry paste and coconut milk.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2024
On a tight menu where flame and heat are in short supply, one of the highlights is the whole lobster, poached, segmented, and presented in its shell, doused in an herbaceous, earthy brown butter that pools at the bottom of the bowl.
—The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 21 Oct. 2024
In 2007, at the onset of its slowdown, the company poached then-Paco Rabanne artistic director Patrick Robinson to be head designer for the Gap brand.
—Cathleen Chen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Poached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poached. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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