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Recent Examples of carnivorous
According to the team, this behavior may be a way for the adult bats to gradually wean offspring from a milk diet to a carnivorous one.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
My neighbors in Elbert County promptly responded with outrage, flying banners and flags declaring their support for agriculture and a carnivorous diet.
—Kayla Gabehart, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2025
The story of other giant carnivorous dinosaurs, though, was a bit more complicated.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
The zoo is home to carnivorous predators such as the Asiatic lion, European lynx and Sumatran tiger.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
My neighbors in Elbert County promptly responded with outrage, flying banners and flags declaring their support for agriculture and a carnivorous diet.
—Kayla Gabehart, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2025
The story of other giant carnivorous dinosaurs, though, was a bit more complicated.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
The zoo is home to carnivorous predators such as the Asiatic lion, European lynx and Sumatran tiger.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivorous
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The offensive line had five presnap penalties, and allowed four sacks and 11 tackles for loss to an aggressive Lobos defense.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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Not only does the quarterback need to be accurate and aggressive, but the play caller needs to dial up ways to create advantageous one-on-one situations and the receivers have to win those chances.—
Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The ensuing carnage was swift and savage.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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Near the end of Robert Altman’s savage showbiz satire, Roberts appears briefly as herself, playing a part in a movie-within-a-movie about a woman on death row.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Islamabad — Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have flared in recent days with the exchange of deadly gunfire between the neighbors that has stoked fears of a wider conflict.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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That to-and-fro could be seen in the Taliban's response to the deadly earthquake, which was most devastating in the isolated mountains of the eastern Kunar province in late August.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Others, like Ghiath Dalla, a brigadier general whose forces were involved in violent repression of protests, is among several former officers plotting sabotage from Lebanon, according to ex-military commanders, who also shared text message exchanges with The Times.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … FED UP – Trump storms most violent US city with federal muscle as police group warns of soft-on-crime consequences.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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As previously announced, Andrew Garfield stars as the legendary leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Garfield is leading the feature that is now in production, portraying the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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Birds, parasitic wasps, ladybugs, and other predatory insects are enemies of fall armyworms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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Growth done right means building thriving, connected communities where families can live, work, and play without spending hours stuck in traffic or paying predatory toll prices just to move.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Oct. 2025
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Israel then launched its war on the strip, which has been devastated by fierce bombardment and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground operations.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Plenty of companies offer fully remote work, Frana says, but competition can be fierce for those roles.—
Sophie Caldwell,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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But what if their rapacious appetites had an unexpected side effect?—
Rebecca Boyle,
Scientific American,
4 Oct. 2025
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Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Carnivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivorous. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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