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a person who habitually preys upon others
measures taken to protect minors against sexual predators
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Recent Examples of predators
Opening arguments begin on Monday in a high-profile trial brought by the state of New Mexico against Meta, which allegedly failed to safeguard apps like Facebook and Instagram from online predators who targeted child users, according to Raúl Torrez, the state's attorney general.
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Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Roblox is facing nearly 80 active lawsuits as attorneys general around the country investigate the popular game, with some parents alleging their children encountered predators through the platform.
—James Powel, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Given the lack of mangroves, snook in South Florida make do with boat docks, which provide protection from predators as well as sites from which to ambush smaller fish and crustaceans.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
This will protect the toads and frogs from extreme heat and any predators.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
There are no snakes, no venomous spiders, no large predators like wild cats or monkeys, and no scorpions.
—James Barrett, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
While wolves are apex predators, Hunnicutt says deadly attacks on humans are extremely rare, with only a handful reported in North America over the past 100 years.
—Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Often, officials said, pimps and predators are looking for young, vulnerable people in order to exploit them.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
This woodpecker has a wide vocabulary of other sounds, including screams if being captured by predators, an elevated alarm call often given when predator hawks are near or rapidly drumming on dead hollow limbs during territorial disputes or to attract mates.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Roblox is facing nearly 80 active lawsuits as attorneys general around the country investigate the popular game, with some parents alleging their children encountered predators through the platform.
—James Powel, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Given the lack of mangroves, snook in South Florida make do with boat docks, which provide protection from predators as well as sites from which to ambush smaller fish and crustaceans.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
This will protect the toads and frogs from extreme heat and any predators.
—Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
There are no snakes, no venomous spiders, no large predators like wild cats or monkeys, and no scorpions.
—James Barrett, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2026
While wolves are apex predators, Hunnicutt says deadly attacks on humans are extremely rare, with only a handful reported in North America over the past 100 years.
—Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Often, officials said, pimps and predators are looking for young, vulnerable people in order to exploit them.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
This woodpecker has a wide vocabulary of other sounds, including screams if being captured by predators, an elevated alarm call often given when predator hawks are near or rapidly drumming on dead hollow limbs during territorial disputes or to attract mates.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predators
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Written by Port and Wiseman, Eternally Yours is an eternal love story about two vampires, Liz (Edwards) and Charles (Weeks), who have been married for five hundred years, and their struggles to accept the human, Max (Lewison), who is dating their daughter, Emma (Shen).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
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And not just any vampires, but singing vampires!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
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How many people are attacked by sharks each year?—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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The most sensitive sharks to the device were in the order Carcharhiniformes, which includes oceanic white-tip sharks and blue sharks.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Dumars insists on following the Miami-Dade Police Department rulebook by counting all the money at the scene, and the thriller quickly becomes a race against time as parties with vested interests in the stash house begin to circle like vultures.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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Roman, Romulus, Remus were all offspring contenders—but then the money-vultures on Succession put the kibosh on that.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
20 Jan. 2026
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Today, it’s believed that roughly 60 or more wolves are roaming the Golden State.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The wolves will startle and retreat.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Instead, even with its Gemini app now seeing more than 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), 100 million more than last quarter, and Gemini, the company's large language model, processing over 10 billion tokens per minute, Search usage broke a quarterly record.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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To this end, the company has scaled its Neuroplatform system by tripling the lab’s surface area and expanding from a single hardware setup to several running simultaneously to accommodate more users.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Predators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predators. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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