rapacious
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Officials at the track in Orange County said Rapacious had completed his morning workout Tuesday when he reared up twice as he was about to exit the track.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2022
Rapacious logging, commercial hunting and agricultural development pushed deer, elk, bears, wolves, passenger pigeons and more to the brink of extinction - and, in some cases, beyond.
From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2019
Rapacious men in what he called the “gobble, gobble school of economics”.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018
"Calcutta," wrote the British colonial general Clive, "is one of the most wicked places in the Universe... Rapacious and Luxurious beyond conception."
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2016
Rapacious, insatiable; you violate every concept of ethics, common decency, and social responsibility.
From The Galaxy Primes by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
Vocabulary lists containing rapacious
"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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Grade 11, List 2
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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