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as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
she threatened to geld the wolf if he didn't stop making passes at her
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as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep
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Recent Examples of wolf
Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In March alone, wolves killed at least eight calves in California’s northern ranchland, and possibly a ninth, state records show.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
So this means that wolfing down a warm slice of pizza with pepperoni is most likely okay, provided the pepperoni has been well cooked.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The wolf that is too old to hunt slowly starves to death.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
In March alone, wolves killed at least eight calves in California’s northern ranchland, and possibly a ninth, state records show.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
Verb
All of that work, however, may have only been a prologue for her tour-de-force performance wolfing down a mile-high burger.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
So this means that wolfing down a warm slice of pizza with pepperoni is most likely okay, provided the pepperoni has been well cooked.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wolf
Noun
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In Chicago and, in the obvious absence of alligators, the birds have found the largest carnivorous animals and apex predators around.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Instead, their skeletons are made from mineralized cartilage, an adaptation that has helped these predators move through the oceans for over 400 million years.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
Verb
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The instant, ardent determination with which Anna devours Joseph’s letters and begins her affair with Oliver is the crux both of the story and of its form.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Slugs can devour seedlings overnight, eat the petals off flowers, and leave ugly holes in ripening fruits and vegetables.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 May 2025
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The online marketplace is full of fellow antique lovers selling finds that date all the way back to the 1940s.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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Hard and Semi-Soft Cheeses Good news for cheese lovers everywhere!—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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This game, about vampires hidden in a dark reflection of our modern world, eventually grew to be part of the World of Darkness.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The news comes as amid the success of Sinners, the Warner Bros vampire horror film that represents Jordan’s fifth collaboration with Ryan Coogler, after both arrived on the scene with 2013’s Sundance Film Festival hit Fruitvale Station.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
Verb
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When aerosols such as sea spray or smoke are inhaled, the fine particles can reach deep into the body, entering the bloodstream and even the brain when the particles are small enough.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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When using bleach, try not to inhale any of the fumes and open windows when possible.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The series stars Walker Scobell as the titular demigod, Leah Sava Jeffries as Athena’s daughter Annabeth Chase, Aryan Simhadri as satyr Grover Underwood, Charlie Bushnell as Hermes’ son Luke Castellan, Dior Goodjohn as Ares’ daughter Clarisse La Rue and Daniel Diemer as Percy’s half-brother Tyson.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
14 Mar. 2025
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Its melancholy lyrics centered around a Greek myth in which the satyr, Marsyas, challenges the god Apollo to a music contest, and for his hubris, ends up skinned alive.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The young woman gulps it down, not realizing it is laced with a sedative.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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Some daredevils will let tarpon, which can grow up to 8 feet long, gulp their hands to the wrist for a great video moment, but Robbie’s visitors on a relatively quiet day in March were dangling fish through holes in a net, seemingly reluctant to participate in any unnerving limb gulping.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wolf. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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