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Noun
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As apex predators, wolves play an important role in healthy ecosystems, said Christine Barton, executive director of the California Wolf Center.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Traders can execute large positions without revealing their size, entry points, or liquidation levels to potential predators.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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For decades, generals, coup-plotters, and torturers walked free under the shield of amnesty laws passed after the country’s 21-year dictatorship.—
Julia Vargas Jones,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Each regime, from the Pahlavi dynasty to the Islamic Republic, claimed to uphold human rights and castigated its predecessors as torturers, only to ratchet up the incarceration of political opponents.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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That's how time robbers steal from you.—
Brian Moran,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ruffalo, who serves as the show’s star and executive producer, told Entertainment Weekly in September 2025 that the drama differs from other cops-and-robbers shows while still delivering plenty of plot twists.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Brown-Trickey was eventually suspended for standing up to her tormentors, while her white aggressors went unpunished.—
Time,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Molesters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molesters. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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