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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
The incident comes shortly after the Punjab government made amendments to the Wildlife Act of 1974 to try to regulate the ownership of animals such as lions and tigers.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Buyers will find small tiger and iguana graphics on the windows of the rear doors.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
An additional five animals at a private animal sanctuary in Colorado — two tigers, one lion, a mountain lion and a fox — also perished from eating the food.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The start-up, which also has its sights set on reviving the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger, is looking to enhance biodiversity, restore ecosystems’ balance, and benefit the general animal kingdom with its de-extinction projects.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Buyers will find small tiger and iguana graphics on the windows of the rear doors.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
An additional five animals at a private animal sanctuary in Colorado — two tigers, one lion, a mountain lion and a fox — also perished from eating the food.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The start-up, which also has its sights set on reviving the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger, is looking to enhance biodiversity, restore ecosystems’ balance, and benefit the general animal kingdom with its de-extinction projects.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
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The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana welcomed a baby swell shark named Yoko on Jan. 3 — but the infant was born in a tank that contains only two female sharks, the aquarium announced in a statement.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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So how does a shark egg appear, seemingly out of the blue?—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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On a rocky outcropping by the water, fishermen like to gather to catch blue runner, mangrove snapper, grunt, barracuda and occasionally a blue crab.—
Nicolas Rivero,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Those fish can include barracuda, moray eel, sea bass and others.—
Nathan Diller,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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Directed by David Mirkin, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion follows two ditzy-yet-well-meaning friends (Sorvino as Romy and Kudrow as Michele) who return to their high school in Tucson, Arizona, for their 10-year reunion, hoping to impress their former bullies.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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To her credit, the attorney general has not backed down from the bully.—
Bertha Lewis,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Rakeem Young, 34, was attacked while walking his 4-year-old pit bull Chanel near Southern Blvd.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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On April 20, 1990, in the 2200 block of North Drake Avenue on the Northwest Side, Cruz, a Clemente High School student, was shot to death and also attacked by a pit bull, according to court records and Tribune archives.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Recently, the region has become more famous for its UFC fighters, such as Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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Trump later went further, saying Hamas fighters were using the condoms to make explosives.—
Brett Murphy,
ProPublica,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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