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vulture

[vuhl-cher] / ˈvʌl tʃər /
NOUN
scavenger
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Critics tend to debate whether she is a vulture or just losing her grasp on reality, but there’s no question she’s hit on a successful formula.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

He places the stones on Tom’s lap, Ms. Kessler tells us, “and walks slowly around the room, waving a vulture feather in the air.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

"They are like the Ford Escort of the vulture world in the sense that everybody just took them for granted, they were so common nobody really worried about them," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

In the 1990s, the unintentional decimation of the vulture populations in India led to an increased awareness of their role in human health.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Now Finnegan was leaning forward in his computer chair, craning his vulture neck around the office door to see me.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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