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Recent Examples of poacher
Strand Larsen’s poacher instincts and ability to link play work well with Wolves’ tactical approach, with O’Neil focusing heavily on central combinations and transitional attacks.
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Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 3 July 2024
Access roads cut for construction allow poachers who target lynx prey and loggers who destroy the cat’s habitat to penetrate deeper into previously remote terrain.
—Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The poachers allegedly drove around this area at night, spotlighting deer and shooting them from a vehicle.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
What’s lying beneath the surfaces is even more brutal – poachers in the woods, men waiting to sell women on the black market.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 3 July 2024
Access roads cut for construction allow poachers who target lynx prey and loggers who destroy the cat’s habitat to penetrate deeper into previously remote terrain.
—Emily Soreghan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
The poachers allegedly drove around this area at night, spotlighting deer and shooting them from a vehicle.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
What’s lying beneath the surfaces is even more brutal – poachers in the woods, men waiting to sell women on the black market.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
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Five unnamed chip smugglers told The Information that they were not caught by Supermicro’s recent inspections.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
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The smugglers would move migrants on foot, inside microbuses, cattle trucks and tractor trailers, the indictment said.Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The film tells the story of a young apprentice hunter and her father who journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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So the hunter backed off, hoping the buck would survive until the following season.Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Dec. 2024
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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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Police said the bowling bandit cut a large hole in the roof of Lanes Trains and Automobiles in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and rappelled down a rope to get inside.Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Guided by Kudrow’s Penelope, the bandits embarked on epic adventures while evil forces were an obstacle.Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
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As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 2024
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Led by excellent local and out-of-town birders, the 70 trips over five days include: photo trips, birding by bicycle, birding by kayak, a Young Birders trip (for ages 8-17), Learning About Birds through Drawing, and many trips searching for rare birds in Central Florida.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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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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This small doohickey works with Amazon Key In-Garage Delivery, an exclusive Prime member benefit that protects your packages from porch pirates and increment weather.Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: Also beware of virtual porch pirates, as one in five delivery package scam attempts starts via text message or messaging apps like WhatsApp or iMessage.Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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