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scavenger

[skav-in-jer] / ˈskæv ɪn dʒər /
NOUN
forager
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NOUN
collector
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The finding supports the picture of T. rex as an active predator or scavenger with a relatively fast metabolism rather than a sluggish animal that depended heavily on basking in the sun.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The steps that had to be followed to find a party or rave added to the fun, turning these events into adrenaline-pumping scavenger hunts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

There was a tour of the foundry and museum, and a murder-mystery scavenger hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

At one man's request, the agency devised a "Mission Impossible" production for an adventurous young woman: an iPad delivered in the morning launched a scavenger hunt across Paris by sidecar and by boat.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

It’s not the first time Dad has sent us on a summer scavenger hunt of the city, but usually it’s a little more thought out.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

"They are essential to eco-systems", he says, detailing how as scavengers they remove tonnes of waste on a "phenomenal scale".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The couple kept feeding the scavengers, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

In the 1960s, discoveries in Africa showing that ancient hominins consumed meat raised a key question: were they skilled hunters, or were they primarily scavengers?

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026

Here and there the imprint of things wrested out of the tar by scavengers.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy



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