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Matt Taylor, who guided Exeter City to League One in his first managerial job, was poached by Championship side Rotherham United in 2022.
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Later, one of the company’s favorite tactics was to poach its competitors’ best engineers and coders—bad form, perhaps, but a good business tactic.
—James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, the program produced 250 individuals, released mainly in North Carolina, but today fewer than 20 survive, most of the others having been claimed by poaching and car strikes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
In light of this sentiment, the DNC poached veterans of the Kamala HQ account in their latest effort to push rapid response, Axios reported.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2025
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Tom Burrows, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Later, one of the company’s favorite tactics was to poach its competitors’ best engineers and coders—bad form, perhaps, but a good business tactic.
—James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
Ultimately, the program produced 250 individuals, released mainly in North Carolina, but today fewer than 20 survive, most of the others having been claimed by poaching and car strikes.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025
In light of this sentiment, the DNC poached veterans of the Kamala HQ account in their latest effort to push rapid response, Axios reported.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poach. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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