as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators

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Recent Examples of predator But yet, this mega-bear was still the apex predator of its time, thriving across North America for millions of years. Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 On islands, where native species often evolved without major predators, cats can be devastating. Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 Winters is leading the field work on the ecology side, which involves deploying a massive camera trap grid in areas where wolf packs reside in addition to collecting scat and investigating areas where the predators have spent a certain amount of time. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024 This strategic approach allows easier access to critical organs, particularly the liver, which is rich in lipids and nutritionally important for the predators. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for predator 
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Noun
  • While the four vampires (plus their Monster and the Guide, played by Kristen Schaal) are largely unfazed by the news, Guillermo starts to spiral, seemingly unable to accept that this is the end of everything he's worked so hard for (under the watchful eye of the cameras).
    Stacy Lambe, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The show ran from 1997 to 2003 and saw Gellar’s Buffy Summers seek out and destroy vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, with the help of her friends.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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  • Angry shorebirds defending their nests have also attacked drones deployed by city officials to alert lifeguards to sharks and struggling swimmers.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Greenland sharks are the longest-living fish Could a contemporary of William Shakespeare still be swimming in the sea?
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Those faint playoff hopes would undoubtedly die and the vultures surrounding this team, waiting for its ultimate demise, would create a deafening noise.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street vulture games Dec. 8, 2024 By Britina Cheng, Vulture’s Cinematrix producer A new Cinematrix drops every morning.
    Britina Cheng, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • Gray wolves and moose roam freely, a restless dance of predator and prey subject to an iconic, decades-long study of the volatile population dynamics.
    Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Endangered Species Act allowed wolves to reemerge Wolves once roamed across all of North America.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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