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Recent Examples of poach
The company has hired a slew of big names over the past few months, including poaching Washington Post star reporters Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer in December.
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Mar. 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
However, Whalen reached in and poached it.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Do players really get poached from spring games?
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Sara Fischer, Axios, 25 Mar. 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
However, Whalen reached in and poached it.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Do players really get poached from spring games?
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poach
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No need to dirty another pot, wait for water to boil, or do more dishes.—
Nicole Hopper,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
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Bouillon is a word from the 17th century for a liquid to boil, usually offcuts of meat, but vegetables too, that make an inexpensive, hearty broth.—
BYAlex Ledsom,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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If its Insta-worthy status isn’t reason enough, the Always Pan 2.0 is big enough to simmer a hearty veggie stew and shallow enough to sear the perfect piece of salmon.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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Without making light of any of it, Smith offers up a rich comedy and Gainey (who played Du Bois in the M Ensemble 2014 production at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Center) deftly finds a way to keep the drama simmering underneath while the comedy rises to the top.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poach. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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