as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators

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Recent Examples of predator Without the ice, they are forced to hunt in open water, which is a difficult feat for the large apex predator. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025 Kinetic and brutal, the new design gave the appearance of a road-going predator with aims to run down and devour hatchbacks and sedans. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2025 Now — over a year later — DNA analysis has revealed how the mighty apex predator met its grisly fate, according to a study published on Jan. 27 in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025 The vomit's discovery provides important and new knowledge about the relationship between predators and prey, and the food chains in the Cretaceous Sea, Milàn said. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for predator 
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Noun
  • One raucous night at the local juke joint, a bluesy and boozy speakeasy that caters to Black patrons, turns into a fight for survival when vampires attempt to enter the premises.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The deadly deal with the devil — or in this case, vampire — unleashes a plague on the couple’s village in this remake of the 1922 German Expressionist classic.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
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  • The Shreveport Aquarium in Louisiana welcomed a baby swell shark named Yoko on Jan. 3 — but the infant was born in a tank that contains only two female sharks, the aquarium announced in a statement.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
  • So how does a shark egg appear, seemingly out of the blue?
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
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    Joe Reid, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Scarlett O’Hara, a wealthy white Southerner, picks her way out of the city, passing the littered remains of wagons and men while vultures hover overhead.
    Scott Spillman, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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  • Jon Jarvis, director of the Park Service under President Barack Obama, said NEPA helped guide multiple policies during his time with the NPS, from the relocation of wolves to Yellowstone, to the altering traffic flow in Yosemite.
    Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The spotlight has shown light on the big, bad wolves on the other end of those chats, yet the spotlight itself has perverted the process of real justice by making this a righteous spectacle.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Predator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predator. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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