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vultures

noun

plural of vulture

as in predators

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 vultures Indeed, the team most vulnerable to the vultures now were once the ones doing most of the preying. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Pestonit pointed to the sky, where vultures circled on the thermals. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Downstate, the threat of black vultures still feels new and strange. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 The effect is something like a gang of glass-eyed vultures staring down at a piece of carrion. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026 An unusual number of vultures have been seen flying over what’s left of La Guaira in recent days. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 As a rule, vultures like Spain are a part of the loud minority. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Two days later, the Timberwolves did their best to shoo those vultures off for the time being by acquiring LaMelo Ball in a trade with the Charlotte Hornets. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 There are pink flamingos, then, but also many vultures circling the southern Adriatic. — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026

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Noun

Living in large groups helps protect them from predators and supports their highly social behaviour.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
But privacy cannot act as a sanctuary for predators who use technology to target, manipulate, and exploit children.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026

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Bedbugs are sometimes called the vampires of the insect world — hiding during the day and coming out at night to feast on human blood.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
The show followed Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as a high school student who also saves the world from vampires and demons.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026

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