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If anything, they actually seem to benefit from the poisons, becoming less likely to fall prey to their greatest enemy, the least weasel.

That term is too strong, he says, to describe the variety of mental mishaps to which people systematically fall prey.

Be realistic: It's far too easy to fall prey to "not invented here syndrome" .

If you yearn for easy answers and quick solutions, you'll fall prey to people who offer nothing but promises.

As a result of missing out on opportunities to learn, Yi youth often fall prey to temptations that they encounter when away from home.

Weight-bearing exercise helps keep bones strong and less likely to fall prey to the body's own mechanisms in later age.

But unlike insects that often fall prey to reptiles, scientists have observed one particular species of bug eating snakes and a turtle.

EVEN before passing through immigration into Indonesia, you may fall prey to the venal flair of its bureaucrats.

But were a bank or a solvent economy suddenly to fall prey to a market panic, then governments and the ECB would surely step in.

A person who fell prey to swindlers ; did not want the country to fall prey to terrorists .

THE American housing market has deteriorated so sharply in the past two years that it is easy to fall prey to profound pessimism.

A swindler might fall prey to someone else's grift and end up panhandling on South Beach, among all the models and the movie stars.

Don't fall prey to slick sales talk or manipulative acquaintances - learn to guard against situations that could land you in trouble.

When individuals feel limited because of a perceived physical or intellectual disability, they may fall prey to labeling.

These days it's easy for anyone to become confused by (or fall prey to) the latest and greatest trends and tactics.

This sleek cell phone from Sharp isn't the first handset to fall prey to Kitty--and it certainly won't be the last.

She knew she must not fall prey to his charm.

Thus it doesn't fall prey to the same quadratic complexity and management costs that make adding developers problematic.

Even scientists and researchers fall prey to the sensation, according to a new survey.

Street children in this part of the world often fall prey to drug dealers.

Calves, however, may fall prey to lions, crocodiles, and other meat-eaters.

And anyone weak enough to fall prey probably does n't have any stuff worth stealing .

By contrast, sophisticated investors, such as big stock market players, are unlikely to fall prey to this trap.

They can fall prey to coercive deals choreographed by local cadres who funnel land to commercial developers.

We are not all equally likely to fall prey.

This is what it means to fall prey to a nonviolent but frightening and fast-growing crime: identity theft.

Even scientists who recognize it can fall prey.

We all know that brown-bagging is an instant money-saver, but many of us still fall prey to eating out far more often than we can afford to.

Mouse operation, shrimp jumped to the naughty cats, they can be allowed to bomb next to a safe place, so that they will not fall prey to the