feed (on, upon, or off)

as in to prey (on or upon)
to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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  • Again, don’t run: Bears will chase you, just like a dog would.
    Mike Stunson July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
  • And that’s what all three of these companies are chasing: trust, at scale.
    Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
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  • There is the possibility a disease is affecting the flower stalks and young fruits.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
  • Other highlights of the museum include Ouija boards, Voodoo dolls, objects used in satanic rituals, a coffin that a 17-year-old boy allegedly slept in before stalking women at night and artifacts from a plane that crashed into the Florida Everglades, according to Courant archives.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
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  • In one of his final public acts, Osbourne designed and signed limited-edition t-shirts to raise funds for the campaign, urging the UK government to ban the import of hunting trophies from endangered species.
    Amanda Castro Gabe Whisnant Anna Commander Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
  • Hakimi’s protagonist straddles the thin line between reality and fantasy, between cultures and languages, between hunting and being hunted.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
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“Feed (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feed%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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