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poaching

[poh-ching] / ˈpoʊ tʃɪŋ /






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At home, however, poaching islands of meringue has always felt like too much messy work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

Would his pace and breakdown poaching ability be as effective from the start?

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

His attempted poaching of Fermi succeeded only in provoking an outraged protest by Columbia to Bush, who forbade the move.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik