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were prey

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To act as a predator.

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We were prey.

The pigeons trained during hawk migration season and were prey.

Those who hesitated were run down and killed as though they were prey.

We were prey to forces: the herd instinct, the liberal legacy, the division of the self against itself..

The curators said these were reminders that early human ancestors were prey rather than predator for much of their history.

Crowded into small vessels, they were prey to pirates, and many suffered dehydration, starvation, and death by drowning.

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The eggs were preyed upon by snakes, rats, and quolls.

Second, amphibians are prey animals.

Suddenly, magazine editors are prey.

Collins is prey to a guilty secret.

The countryside was prey to marauding peasants.

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