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
In one especially rare case, a vulture hatched from an egg that was brought into the center.
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Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
Threatened with extinction, the Los Angeles Zoo is raising several cape vulture chicks to make sure these birds thrive.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
On the other hand, in such a blighted landscape, AI could, perhaps, come not as a vulture to pick over the remains but a new life force to resuscitate them.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
The Yurok Tribe is leading the effort to bring the large, endangered vultures back to their historic homeland in Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2026
Threatened with extinction, the Los Angeles Zoo is raising several cape vulture chicks to make sure these birds thrive.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
On the other hand, in such a blighted landscape, AI could, perhaps, come not as a vulture to pick over the remains but a new life force to resuscitate them.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
The Yurok Tribe is leading the effort to bring the large, endangered vultures back to their historic homeland in Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vulture
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This means predators such as birds, insects, and animals leave it alone.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
27 Apr. 2026
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This resembled the predator-prey systems seen in biology.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Beyond that, non-phantom, non-Dracula vampires aren’t terribly over-exposed in the Broadway genre.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Mariclare Costello, a lifetime member of The Actors Studio who recurred as the schoolteacher Rosemary Hunter on The Waltons and played a hippie vampire in the cult horror film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death, died April 17 in Brooklyn, her family announced.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Vulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulture. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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