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• But the United States must not fall prey to this temptation.
  — Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024
• But the apes might still fall prey to human society's old flaws.
  — EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
• Christos Kalogirou did not want to fall prey to that statistic.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
• But few things are more boring than lists which fall prey to this timing gimmick.
  — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 14 Dec. 2022
• Because of the nature of the scam, teens who fall prey to it often go through this terrifying ordeal alone.
  — Chris Moody, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• But the families are also worried about the children’s health and afraid that some could fall prey to trafficking.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
• Employees who are aware and engaged will be less likely to fall prey to attacks and more likely to take the right steps if a breach does occur.
  — Dror Liwer, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Other times, farmers set out poisons to keep animals away and elephants fall prey to their trap.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• If this trend continues, the U.S. risks allowing its neighbors to fall prey to our peer competitors.
  — Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• Hope is an essential ingredient, but don’t fall prey to it.
  — Jonathan Martin, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2023
• The geneticists also want to engineer a mammoth with no tusks, so the animals don’t fall prey to poachers.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• Cruise vacations can easily fall prey to flight disruptions or storms that can snarl plans.
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2022
• What is guaranteed is that Mississippi won’t be the last state where people fall prey to the fast-emerging threat of C. auris and other fungal pathogens.
  — Henry Skinner, STAT, 9 Feb. 2023
• At the other end of the spectrum, Myers said, people are more vulnerable to fall prey to extremist groups now more than ever.
  — Sade Ajishegiri, Nic Napier, Max Reich and Isabella Vesperini, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2024
• Younger people, spending a lot of time online, are actually more likely to fall prey to a scammer than baby boomers are.
  — Whizy Kim, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
• Potassium helps promote vigorous growth and hardiness, so a deficit may result in wimpy fruit or spindly plants that fall prey to pests and diseases.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 May 2023
• If a rug is left in water too long or neglected in general, even the best indoor/outdoor rugs can fall prey to dirt and moisture and develop mildew.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
• But even when parents are vigilant, that’s still no guarantee their children won’t fall prey to social media’s traps.
  — Eli Joseph, Fortune, 4 June 2024
• Journalists fall prey to this phenomenon as much as anyone else.
  — Sam Jacobs, TIME, 2 May 2024
• Regrettably, those who fall prey to these Facebook scams frequently feel neglected by Meta.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The governor warned Democrats not to fall prey to cynicism or negativity.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
• Every few months a couple of adjacent small mom-and-pop stores or fame houses fall prey to the bulldozer and a little more of the funkiness that makes Old East Dallas special gives way to big and boxy dullness.
  — Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
• To avoid being part of these growing statistics, keep your guard up, because even the most financially savvy can fall prey to tactics employed by these criminals.
  — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
• Taxation, that's sometimes fair and often on the rich but compulsory, can be prey to rival taxmen and lead to beatings and imprisonment for non-payment.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Apr. 2021
• However, many struggling entrepreneurs often fall prey to common mindset mistakes that can hinder their progress.
  — Dr. Rick Ruperto, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Thousands of Americans fall prey to Mexican cartel timeshare scams.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Newcomers to Austin fall prey to this nostalgia almost instantly—and, with a longtime resident like me, the symptoms can become comically acute.
  — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Van Noten didn’t fall prey to fashion’s insatiable appetites that have designers creating dozens of collections a year and mounting extravaganzas around the world.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• Not only did ChatGPT fail to include a warning about this drastic vulnerability, its example code could also lead a programmer to fall prey to it.
  — Jaideep Vaidya, IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2023
• All too often, people fall prey to a cognitive phenomenon that behavioral economist Richard Thaler has spoken eloquently about, Duke said.
  — Jena McGregor, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024