poaching

Example Sentences

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Monkey Forest park director Matt Lovatt said: "Knowing that her DNA could help protect Barbary macaques from poaching and illegal trade is something truly special."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Meta has also struggled to establish itself as a top AI player compared to competitors such as Google, Anthropic and OpenAI, despite aggressively poaching top talent to form Meta Superintelligence Labs last summer.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Rhino poaching almost doubled in South Africa's Kruger National Park in 2025 compared to the previous year, despite interventions including dehorning and lie detector tests for rangers, the government said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

His bespectacled, quipping presence lent the show some book-world class, the new medium poaching prestige from the old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“Not Lord Cunningham’s stream, is it? You’ll find enough trouble without poaching there.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff