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bloodsucker

[bluhd-suhk-er] / ˈblʌdˌsʌk ər /


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A new study in Nature Communications finally shows how pyrethrum works, with two components acting synergistically to deter the pesky bloodsuckers.

From Scientific American

He didn’t want a publisher because, he said, they’re all terrorists, bloodsuckers and gangsters.

From New York Times

The syringe business is a “bloodsucker,” Mr. Nath said, where upfront costs are astronomical and profits marginal.

From New York Times

Butler’s vampires aren’t the average bloodsuckers, snacking on humans and discarding our desiccated corpses like peanut shells, but symbionts who cultivate extended families of willing humans, granting them longer lives and better health.

From New York Times

Tropical bloodsuckers and a charming liberation soldier, with sun-drenched fangs and valiant machetes, drew part of the indelible legacy of Cuban cartoonist and filmmaker Juan Padrón over a nearly 60-year career.

From Los Angeles Times