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That allowed even the smallest and poorest countries to develop their social and economic potential without having to worry about predation by stronger neighbors.
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Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
As Tyler points out, most deer that contract ocular plague die of predation or starvation before anyone spots them, making this discovery an outlier.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
By contrast, the newest mummy is missing much of one side of its body, including most of the intestines—the result of predation, according to the authors.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
In addition to the natural predation that Eshenaur says has begun, scientists are evaluating a host of potential lanternfly enemies.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
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Adam S. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
As Tyler points out, most deer that contract ocular plague die of predation or starvation before anyone spots them, making this discovery an outlier.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
By contrast, the newest mummy is missing much of one side of its body, including most of the intestines—the result of predation, according to the authors.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
In addition to the natural predation that Eshenaur says has begun, scientists are evaluating a host of potential lanternfly enemies.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2024
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That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump.Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so.Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
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At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
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Byron is surveying rout and pillage, and the terrible ease with which the laws of civil society, such as respect for the elderly, are flung aside.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
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Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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Major museums in the West devoted to the presentation and preservation of art objects have fitfully begun acknowledging their ties to histories of violence and plunder.Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Predation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predation. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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