as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
noted that the paparazzi are vultures who could not exist without the connivance of the tabloid-buying public
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Recent Examples of vulture
The Wild Bird Fund, a wildlife rehab facility in a storefront near the corner of West Eighty-seventh Street and Columbus Avenue, treats more than twelve thousand animals a year, from tiny songbirds to kestrels, seagulls, hawks, vultures, and wild turkeys.
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The study’s authors stress that vulture research and conservation need to continue to keep ecosystems safe from disease, especially since vultures in the Americas are starting to look more vulnerable than ever.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street
vulture games
May 2, 2025
A new Cinematrix drops every morning.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2025
The hedge funders and other Wall Street vultures who are now, all of a sudden, all about protectionism are especially shameless.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
The study’s authors stress that vulture research and conservation need to continue to keep ecosystems safe from disease, especially since vultures in the Americas are starting to look more vulnerable than ever.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street
vulture games
May 2, 2025
A new Cinematrix drops every morning.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 2 May 2025
The hedge funders and other Wall Street vultures who are now, all of a sudden, all about protectionism are especially shameless.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulture
Noun
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In Chicago and, in the obvious absence of alligators, the birds have found the largest carnivorous animals and apex predators around.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Instead, their skeletons are made from mineralized cartilage, an adaptation that has helped these predators move through the oceans for over 400 million years.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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This game, about vampires hidden in a dark reflection of our modern world, eventually grew to be part of the World of Darkness.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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The news comes as amid the success of Sinners, the Warner Bros vampire horror film that represents Jordan’s fifth collaboration with Ryan Coogler, after both arrived on the scene with 2013’s Sundance Film Festival hit Fruitvale Station.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
21 May 2025
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“Vulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulture. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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