poaching
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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
Would his pace and breakdown poaching ability be as effective from the start?
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Elephant populations have grown in pockets of Africa, such as Kenya and Zimbabwe, due largely to a drop in poaching.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
"People are driven into logging and poaching through poverty," he added.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
They use a variety of methods, often simultaneously: protection of habitat, replanting of habitat, stricter laws to prevent poaching, community awareness—and reintroducing animals back into the wild.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
