as in shark
an aggressive and fiercely determined person
even the best defense can't keep that tiger from scoring
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Recent Examples of tiger
The company is also working on reviving the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger.
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 12 July 2025
This includes lions and tigers and bears (oh my), baby elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees, pythons, alligators, kangaroos, dolphins and 3,000-pound walruses.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 July 2025
Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Chimpanzees, cheetahs, lions, and tigers were among the animals Antle illegally trafficked.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 9 July 2025
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Moná Thomas, People.com, 12 July 2025
This includes lions and tigers and bears (oh my), baby elephants, giraffes, chimpanzees, pythons, alligators, kangaroos, dolphins and 3,000-pound walruses.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 July 2025
Similar efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth, the dodo and the thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian tiger, are also underway.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Chimpanzees, cheetahs, lions, and tigers were among the animals Antle illegally trafficked.
—Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiger
Noun
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The attack was confirmed on Thursday by Puerto Rico’s Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, who said an unidentified woman had sustained an open thigh wound that appeared consistent with a shark bite.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Other states that reported unprovoked shark bites included Hawaii and Texas.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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As a result, the case at Porgy’s offers an ever-evolving roster of species not often found on NOLA menus: porgy, the place’s sweet, buttery namesake; colorful parrotfish; sheepshead, which have oddly human-like teeth; and even barracuda.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
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More recently there have been reports of a possible barracuda attack off the coast of Florida.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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The lopsided deal with Vietnam suggests that Trump can successfully use the tariff threat to bully concessions out of smaller economies.—
Paul Wiseman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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My pit bull Marcel cowered on the couch during the cold while the fluffier newsroom hounds frolicked in the snow.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Aniston is also a dog mom to a white pit bull named Sophie, who was not pictured.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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The 55-year-old former fighter pilot in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force spent 141 days in space in 2015.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 Aug. 2025
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Giving Ken lane-change abilities makes the character feel like a fighter who truly belongs in a Fatal Fury title.—
Jeffrey L. Wilson,
PC Magazine,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Tiger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiger. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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