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as in womanizer
a man given to seducing women
she threatened to geld the wolf if he didn't stop making passes at her
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as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
no sooner had the lottery winner's name been made public than the wolves with their investment schemes showed up on her doorstep
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Recent Examples of wolf
Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
So even if wolves never fully recover, at least coyotes will be in those places partially filling the role that wolves once had.
—Alex Jensen, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2025
Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
After school, my daughter, Izzy, sits at the kitchen table, wolfing down a snack of cookies and cheese.
—Julie Kim, The Atlantic, 9 July 2025
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Noun
Other wolves stayed farther south and wandered through watersheds between Alamosa and Gunnison.
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Wednesday reunites with Enid, who is part of the pack now that she’s fully wolfed out.
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The same outlet had previously reported that Urban’s been a womanizer for years.—
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Here, Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) is a posh womanizer and stone-cold sociopath.—
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Those vulnerabilities allow predators an opportunity to gain the trust of victims of any age by promising to meet those needs or to provide safety, housing or affection.—
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Experts say there is no clear pattern behind recent shark encounters, emphasizing that the ocean is a dynamic environment where humans enter the natural habitat of marine predators.—
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And devoured them again Saturday night at Viejas Arena in a sloppy 71-52 win that kept the Aztecs tied with Utah State atop the Mountain West at 5-0.—
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There are now as many games as there are phones; what used to be a feast that everyone devoured together has been divvied up into a gazillion little snacks gobbled down willy-nilly.—
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For the third year, restaurants in Hayward are enticing food lovers with the opportunity to save money while discovering new places and revisiting old favorites.—
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Leigh Lucas’ book of poetry reckons with the death of a lover.—
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Slavic folklore about vampires suggests one partial answer to the especial fear of the vulnerable.—
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Mosaku captivated audiences as Annie, a powerful healer and spiritual guide who helps fight off bloodthirsty vampires in Sinners.—
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Jet fuels and other petroleum products are refined from crude oil, and contain chemicals that are toxic to humans when inhaled.—
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Sprays are easy to apply to skin or clothing but must be used with caution as they can also be inhaled.—
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Jacob Ming-Trent and Alex Newell drop in to sing their hearts out as, respectively, a minister and the satyr god Pan.—
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After the dig, the IAA’s conservation team restored, cleaned and reassembled the other fragments of the sarcophagus, revealing its central image: Dionysus, surrounded by his female followers, known as maenads, and half-man, half-goat satyrs.—
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The cayenne pepper lingers on the tongue for a full minute after gulping the shot down.—
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By far the shortest book on this list, Cain’s classic noir can be gulped down in one sitting.—
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“Wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wolf. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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