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Fighting monotony and anxiety and hoping for news of the diplomatic bargain that will free him, Mr. Gershkovich is prey to fluctuating moods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Scammers prey on your fears, appeal to your compassion or tempt you with a too-good-to-be-true offer you don’t want to miss.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Once he’s managed to hurl himself past the surf to rest atop an underwater cliff, the darkness below is as scary as if we’d regressed into primordial prey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

A relatively small carnivore might have regarded a human as worthwhile prey, whereas an enormous hunter such as T. rex may have preferred much larger animals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

“If a Nightbeast comes at you, just play dead. They like playing with live food, so dead prey isn’t as attractive,” Valley said.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

"Ramle is a mixed city - Jews and Arabs. There's no problem here, even after 7 October, but his message preys on young uneducated people."

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

It’s a clever and nasty bit of social engineering — a bait and switch that preys on people’s curiosity and the simple pleasure of feeling included.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

"The ants it preys on have adhesive pads on their feet, so the contraction of the bundle of tension lines has to overcome a force of many times the ant's body weight to lift it."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026

The post describes Cooper as an ambulance chaser who preys on people who have just gone through a horrific accident so she can get the exclusive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

After all these years, Richard Parker still preys on his mind.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

According to Mr. Hart, it likely preyed on ancient fish such as Cleithrolepis.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026

“You preyed on these women’s trust and their spirituality and you manipulated them for your own personal gratification,” she told the actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

Lawmakers said Calvin’s testimony helped them understand the true breadth of the problem and how in those early months, vulnerable residents were preyed upon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

That very vulnerability is what is preyed upon by perpetrators.

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025

And since there was nothing that preyed on Bast’s waking mind in this fashion, there was nothing his heart truly feared.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

More than half a century before the #MeToo movement shook the global entertainment industry, Monroe denounced the Hollywood "wolves" preying on female talent.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

"Kank coexisted with larger carnivores such as Maip macrothorax, a formidable megaraptorid dinosaur more than 10 metres long, which may have been capable of preying upon it," Dr. Motta adds.

From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026

“There’s so much advice out there that isn’t wise. There’s so much out there preying on them: buy-now-pay-later, prediction markets, cryptocurrency. It’s all looming.”

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

Some social media users and experts say these AI takes on popular shows are nothing but cheap entertainment preying on shortened attention spans.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

From these emerge her children — strange, bristled larvae called aphis lions, which live by preying on aphids, scales, or mites, which they capture and suck dry of fluid.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson