as in shark
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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Recent Examples of tiger
Those with safari dreams can take those dreams to the next level in a new year by sleeping alongside lions, tigers, even rhinos in African-style lodges.
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
To celebrate the university’s centennial, the alumni association launched Tigers Around Town, installing 50 tiger statues around campus.
—Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
But that errant tiger might be the exception that proves the rule.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Researchers estimate there are fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, according to a display at the zoo.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
To celebrate the university’s centennial, the alumni association launched Tigers Around Town, installing 50 tiger statues around campus.
—Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
But that errant tiger might be the exception that proves the rule.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Researchers estimate there are fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, according to a display at the zoo.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tiger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
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Taxonomic charts on the walls borrow the aesthetic of science but are populated with terms from the history of art and absurd twists: a bird is labeled with the names of 20th-century avant-garde movements, a shark is juxtaposed with a rolling pin and a cola bottle.Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Unless Jordan got eaten by a shark or something like that, there was no catching him — and even the shark would've probably had a tough time catching him.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Those fish can include barracuda, moray eel, sea bass and others.Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Here, visitors can observe American kestrels, barracudas, Goliath groupers, and even rehabbing turtles at the Sea Turtle Care Center.Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
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Randle's bully ball and inattentive defense are mucking everything up.Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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She’s encountered everything from misguided but well-intentioned curiosity about her disability to bullies and know-it-alls who ask her where her glasses are.Angela Haupt, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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In honor of her love for pit bulls, donations can be made to LovePaws, Farry’s charity of choice.Shirley Halperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
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A lot of what has worked in the past for Boston didn’t hold up against this pit bull version of Maxey.Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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As Palisades Fire Expands East Apple Brings Back iPhone 15 Pro For First Time—At Lower Price The fighters involved on the card probably wouldn’t have been too inconvenienced by the move.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The package includes various missiles for air defense, air-to-ground munitions, support equipment for F-16 fighter jets, armored bridging systems, small arms and ammunition, spare parts and additional communications equipment.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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