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an aggressive and fiercely determined person
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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Recent Examples of tiger
Disappointment is part of life Season 1, Episode 1
One of the earliest episodes of the show sees the little tiger celebrating his birthday, but his tiger cake looks deflated after the journey from Baker Aker’s bakery back to his house.
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
It has been detected in wild animals like bears, foxes, seals, and skunks, domestic animals like cats and dogs, and zoo animals like tigers and leopards.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
The small, mouse-like marsupial’s genome will be edited to resemble the Tasmanian tiger genome, and its eggs are intended to host the edited nucleus.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Where to watch or stream: Tubi, Amazon Prime Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
This animated show features an adorable young tiger, catchy songs, and relatable stories.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
It has been detected in wild animals like bears, foxes, seals, and skunks, domestic animals like cats and dogs, and zoo animals like tigers and leopards.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
The small, mouse-like marsupial’s genome will be edited to resemble the Tasmanian tiger genome, and its eggs are intended to host the edited nucleus.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024
Where to watch or stream: Tubi, Amazon Prime Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
This animated show features an adorable young tiger, catchy songs, and relatable stories.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
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The team believe that the current measures help mitigate the risk of sharks developing a strong and potentially dangerous association with boats.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This latest incident marks the fifth shark attack reported in Hawaii so far in 2024, and the first to occur on a neighboring island besides Oahu.Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Souza told us about the early islanders’ sophisticated system of aquaculture and pointed out the eel, barracuda, and — excitement! — puffer fish that live in the ponds today.Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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Later in the day, Neal and a volunteer will scuba dive below the tower to replace the shark and barracuda cameras that stream a live feed of the bottom of the ocean to Explore.org.Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024
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Also worth reading 🏈 NFL: The Detroit Lions are the new bullies of the NFC North.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2024
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After sticking up for his special needs sister and punching a bully, a middle schooler must defend his actions in this new musical by Ben Decter and Kristin Hanggi.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The second horrific injury of the week belongs to Carl Gates, a patient at the hospital who swears his pit bull mauled him but whose gruesome claw marks recall Griffin Dunne in An American Werewolf in London.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2024
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Zupan, 25, first spotted the striking pit bull and American bulldog mix with different-colored eyes—one brown, one blue—on the Facebook page of a fellow Cincinnati Animal CARE volunteer in November 2022.Kelli Bender, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kai Ryssdal: Not only were buildings destroyed, virtually leveled, the Air Force says, but some F-22 fighters as well, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars, were also damaged.Outside Online, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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