Examples of hunting in a Sentence
Emma Ogao, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Trophies from big-game hunting are regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, through a permit system, but animal rights activists have long called for a complete ban on the hunting of endangered species.
—Kate Brady, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
While conservation efforts there have been hailed a success, a 2014 ban on trophy hunting caused a headache, as elephants ventured into nearby farms and villages and damaged crops.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Trophy hunting does not come close to diminishing the elephant population, Masisi told broadcaster Sky News.
—Nadine Schmidt, Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Until the commission's March 14 vote, coyote hunting had been allowed in Michigan since 2016, the first year of year-round hunting.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
All told, the event's hunting, decorating and rolling – and snacking – required more than 64,000 eggs, which farmers in Pennsylvania and North Carolina donated, according to the American Egg Board.
—Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
For this reason, smallmouths are more likely to be found roaming about on fairly smooth or rocky bottoms or hunting suspended up in the water.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
In fact, people had been living in the area for five millennia before that, fishing and hunting.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
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before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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