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a person who hunts game
hunters must have a license to shoot deer
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High season is typically during warmer months, and most apartment hunters looking to move want to do so during this time, said Saharov.
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Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Chris Sims Christmas tree hunters can score a free tree with all the trimmings once again thanks to Avalance Food Group and Twin Peaks Restaurants' 11th annual Christmas tree giveaway.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
Mammoths were a rich source of fat and protein, perfect for these highly mobile hunters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
The findings reveal the Clovis people’s deadly efficiency as hunters of large animals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Authorities suspect the sinkhole, likely caused by subsidence from historic coal mining in the region, opened suddenly beneath Pollard as the opening had not been seen by hunters and restaurant workers who were in the area in the hours before Pollard's disappearance.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Evidence of animal trapping Foxes and wild cats are difficult to kill using traditional hunting tools such as spears, so Pelton suspects Stone Age hunters caught the small carnivores with traps, although direct evidence of animal trapping hasn’t been found at sites of this age in North America.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Local restaurant workers and hunters did not report or notice a sinkhole before Pollard went missing, leading authorities to believe that the hole may have swallowed the missing woman.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Judy Lagrou, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Chris Sims Christmas tree hunters can score a free tree with all the trimmings once again thanks to Avalance Food Group and Twin Peaks Restaurants' 11th annual Christmas tree giveaway.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
Mammoths were a rich source of fat and protein, perfect for these highly mobile hunters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
The findings reveal the Clovis people’s deadly efficiency as hunters of large animals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Authorities suspect the sinkhole, likely caused by subsidence from historic coal mining in the region, opened suddenly beneath Pollard as the opening had not been seen by hunters and restaurant workers who were in the area in the hours before Pollard's disappearance.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Evidence of animal trapping Foxes and wild cats are difficult to kill using traditional hunting tools such as spears, so Pelton suspects Stone Age hunters caught the small carnivores with traps, although direct evidence of animal trapping hasn’t been found at sites of this age in North America.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Local restaurant workers and hunters did not report or notice a sinkhole before Pollard went missing, leading authorities to believe that the hole may have swallowed the missing woman.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Hunters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunters. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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