predator

Example Sentences

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Like prey worn down by a persistent predator, participants don’t collapse all at once; they give up gradually until the fight leaves the market altogether.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

The 110 cameras across Rathlin are monitored to make sure there isn't a single remaining non-native predator.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The search began in 2019 in the Sahara Desert, where French geologist Hugues Faure had said he found a tooth belonging to the giant predator Carcharodontosaurus in the 1950s.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

High-resolution 3D scans of the Erythrobatrachus skull indicate it measured about 40 cm long when complete and belonged to a large-bodied predator with a broad head.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Once a scent had been acquired, the predator would attempt a slow silent approach, before the lightning strike.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer