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Recent Examples of carrion
Raccoons and skunks make excellent neighbors, moving through your yard and neighborhood to dine voraciously on rats, mice, voles and other rodents, along with insects, grubs, carrion and many other less-desirable things in our gardens.
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Alison Hermance, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
While other opportunistic scavengers like wolves and bears sometimes aid these processes as well, vultures remain the true champions of carrion consumption.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Cleaning up the Environment Vultures fulfill the vital role of consuming carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Vultures typically eat carrion, so dead meat is on the menu.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Alison Hermance, Mercury News, 17 June 2025
While other opportunistic scavengers like wolves and bears sometimes aid these processes as well, vultures remain the true champions of carrion consumption.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Cleaning up the Environment Vultures fulfill the vital role of consuming carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Vultures typically eat carrion, so dead meat is on the menu.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrion
Noun
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Footage shows hikers thrashing through swarms of thumbnail-sized bugs, with one person engulfed by the black-winged creatures and another scooping thousands of tiny carcasses from the trail.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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In a recent public hearing, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff confirmed that 15 livestock losses formed the basis of a large compensation claim, but didn’t clarify how many occurred before the producer implemented basic deterrents, like burying an open carcass pit.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Mohn was arrested hours after the killing and charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and possession of an instrument of crime.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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Prosecutors, however, painted a different picture of the defendant, who’s been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse and other offenses for the January 2024 killing of 68-year-old Michael F. Mohn in the family’s Levittown home.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
8 July 2025
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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