predator
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Relentless predator control—through poisoning, trapping and shooting, and high mesh fences that can hold back everything from a baby mouse to a pig—are the only hope for continued nesting of native seabirds on the islands.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The film has no sympathy for Joe Jackson, whom Domingo plays as both a predator and aggravatingly savvy: half-spider, half-Mommie Dearest.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
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 non-native predator was introduced to the island in the 1980s and has wreaked havoc on the internationally-significant breeding seabird colony.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Another tree caught on fire, and another, and another, and suddenly the fiery predator was reaching out its burning paws for Akira and Dodger.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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