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Recent Examples of carrion
Skunks occasionally eat garbage and carrion.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
And as members of the crowded slate jockey for money and support, many are casting Johnson as political carrion.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The small white plane circled — the stadium, the team, the season — like a vulture circling carrion.
—Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
And as members of the crowded slate jockey for money and support, many are casting Johnson as political carrion.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The small white plane circled — the stadium, the team, the season — like a vulture circling carrion.
—Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrion
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Anacapa Island, for instance, has no services aside from some primitive campsites, a lighthouse and limited hiking options, but is also a major seabird rookery from April to August, which translates to lots of bird poop, noise, bird carcasses and territorial bird behavior.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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New York has implemented a strict policy that no deer carcasses can be brought into the state, despite whether it was shot in a chronic wasting disease positive state or not.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tamisha Cheyniece Drake, 33, of Lufkin, has been charged with abuse of a corpse, a state jail felony, according to the Angelina County Sheriff's Office.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Many fans on social media are lauding his accomplishment of dragging a bloated corpse of a roster to a 3-0 series lead at 41 years of age without Austin Reaves or Luka Doncic in the fold.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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