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Recent Examples of poacher
Some were searching for poachers, others wildfires.
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Saint Ekpali, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Meru was all but lost to poachers in the 1980s and 90s, but in recent years has been reclaimed, rehabilitated and repopulated.
—Holden Frith, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Oct. 2024
With a total budget of barely $40,000 per year, CATS also helps search the national park for snares set by bushmeat poachers and carries out an extensive conservation education program designed primarily to teach people how to stay safe around elephants.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
More recently, giraffes have been targeted by hunters and poachers for bushmeat.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Saint Ekpali, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
Meru was all but lost to poachers in the 1980s and 90s, but in recent years has been reclaimed, rehabilitated and repopulated.
—Holden Frith, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Oct. 2024
With a total budget of barely $40,000 per year, CATS also helps search the national park for snares set by bushmeat poachers and carries out an extensive conservation education program designed primarily to teach people how to stay safe around elephants.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
More recently, giraffes have been targeted by hunters and poachers for bushmeat.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
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Four years into the border crisis, OLS officers are continuing to apprehend human smugglers in Webb County, whose residents overwhelmingly support President-elect Donald Trump and his border policies.—
Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Jan. 2025
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Yet, as the Trump inauguration approaches, smugglers have continued to urge migrants to get to the border and avoid a potential crackdown.—
César Rodríguez,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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But Some Important New Clues Have Emerged For now, samples will still be submitted by hunters on a voluntary basis.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
24 Jan. 2025
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In addition to hunters, birdwatchers, conservationists, stamp collectors and others also purchase the Duck Stamp stamp in support of habitat conservation.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Gone were the twisted souls of the Deep South, replaced with stoic ranch hands, rustlers and gunslingers whose lives and fates played out in the harsh midday sun.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2023
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Hikers on the Hidden Valley trail, above, made their way along a one-mile loop that winds among massive boulders, through what is rumored to have been a cattle rustler’s hide-out.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2021
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Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.—
M. Z. Adnan,
The New Yorker,
30 Nov. 2024
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An outdoorsman and falconer, Kennedy sued companies and government agencies over pollution in the Hudson River and its watershed.—
Tribune News Service,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2024
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At least 49 businesses have been robbed so far in the spree, according to the United Bodegas of America (UBA) trade group, which is offering a $5,000 bounty on the bandits.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Several warring factions exist within the Zone, as well as lone bandits and stalkers.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
3 Jan. 2025
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Scary Movies for Spooky Season The Artistic Revolution of Portuguese Cinema Notes on Birding Season We are in the midst of migratory bird season in New York, the time when the city’s birders are at their most eagle-eyed.—
Ian Crouch,
The New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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In the finale, the kids are able to contact the New Republic to warn them about the pirates, and permanently drop the barrier around the planet, revealing the existence of At Attin for the first time to the rest of the galaxy.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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The port quickly became successful, attracting pirates, including the infamous Blackbeard, who used the island’s geography to launch surprise attacks on passing ships.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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