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Recent Examples of poacher
An alligator that narrowly escaped poachers in Florida was left in an agonizing predicament when a cord cinched to its head began slicing off its nose, a YouTube video shows.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
To protect a batch of sea turtle eggs from possible poachers, the group rescued them and hatched them in a lab before releasing 100 baby sea turtles into the ocean.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix documentary) Rescued from poachers, an endangered baby pangolin embarks on a journey back to the wild with help from a devoted human guardian in this documentary.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 19 Apr. 2025
As a result, poachers will often kill the mother and troop when trying to capture babies.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
To protect a batch of sea turtle eggs from possible poachers, the group rescued them and hatched them in a lab before releasing 100 baby sea turtles into the ocean.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey (Netflix documentary) Rescued from poachers, an endangered baby pangolin embarks on a journey back to the wild with help from a devoted human guardian in this documentary.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 19 Apr. 2025
As a result, poachers will often kill the mother and troop when trying to capture babies.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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Humanitarian groups have expressed concern that more migrants aided by smugglers will attempt even riskier routes to evade being apprehended by the Border Patrol.—
Nicol Leon,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Fans are instead turning to unusual sources - including buying from smugglers.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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The game will start with a new setting, with vault hunters leaving previous installments setting of Pandora for the all-new planet of Kairos, and will confront a villain called The Timekeeper.—
Jonathan Zavaleta,
Rolling Stone,
25 July 2025
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Texas deer hunters still kill more whitetails than anyone else.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Siringo was appointed a New Mexico Ranger in 1916 and for two years saw active service against cattle rustlers.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Now comes Bryan Burrough’s new book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, to end the scrubbing of Hardin’s life of crime, along with those of many other murdering cattle rustlers, cheating saloon gamblers, and quick-draw vigilantes.—
Clifford Krauss,
Air Mail,
7 June 2025
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This is a rite of passage, and a major time commitment, which many falconers don’t even attempt, choosing instead to buy birds from breeders or capture adults and release them at the end of the season.—
Nick Kelley,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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Other records from old news sources in previous decades are less credible, for the most part, says Lauren McGough a falconer and cultural anthropologist who studies the relationships between humans and eagles.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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The film, which celebrated its 70th anniversary last year, follows a group of seven samurai warriors who save a little village from annihilation at the hands of a group of bandits in 15th-century Japan.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
22 July 2025
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Riri joins their band of bandits — hacker Slug (Shea Couleé), pyrotechnic master Clown (Sonia Denis), enforcers Jeri (Zoe Terakes) and Roz (Shakira Barrera) aka the Blood Siblings.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
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As for the birders who frequent the drying beds, no reopening of the area appears to be in sight.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 July 2025
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These are a great choice for the ballpark or general use, but not as good for birders and hunters.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
Noun
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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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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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Just got back today’s newest results and considering some misadventures in the past this 66 year old pirate ship looks ready to go back to sea.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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In the clip above, Ellis’ Titch and Karanja’s Wash board a pirate ship under less-than-ideal circumstances.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
14 July 2025
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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