as in depredation
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Recent Examples of predation
If climate change impacts the whale shark population in the Gulf of California, these orcas could face significant challenges in maintaining their unique predation method.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The problem for the turtles was twofold: On land, the ridley’s lone primary nesting beach made eggs and hatchlings uniquely vulnerable to poaching, predation and habitat degradation.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
But cat behaviors, such as their love of dairy and predation of wild birds, put them at higher risk, Kuchipudi said.
—Kff Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Each revisionist power seeks an environment conducive to repression and predation.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The problem for the turtles was twofold: On land, the ridley’s lone primary nesting beach made eggs and hatchlings uniquely vulnerable to poaching, predation and habitat degradation.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
But cat behaviors, such as their love of dairy and predation of wild birds, put them at higher risk, Kuchipudi said.
—Kff Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Each revisionist power seeks an environment conducive to repression and predation.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predation
Noun
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An attorney who allows a client to continue using their phone risks spoliation as normal usage can overwrite or erase crucial data.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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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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These are curated from the titles that were most frequently picked up in the Criterion Closet, that magical room full of the company’s releases that visiting filmmakers and luminaries are invited to peruse and pillage.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
15 Nov. 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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And two, even for the plunder of a smash and grab, that seems a sloppy hiding place.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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While in Africa, Suchet visits Kimberley, the site of diamond mines (and where Rhodes founded the De Beers diamond company), and the plunder and extraction are so clear.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Predation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predation. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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