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cannibal

[kan-uh-buhl] / ˈkæn ə bəl /


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I spend enough time sitting around the house worrying about what I said to someone in high school that may have hurt their feeling so bad it turned them into a cannibal.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2025

When he isn’t fetishizing the fictive cannibal Hannibal Lecter — “a wonderful man” — Donald Trump rhapsodizes over the gangster Al Capone.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2024

These cannibal dads had bulging bellies and a tendency to regurgitate the eggs when handled, the team reported in the American Naturalist.

From Scientific American Oct. 1, 2023

When you make the most infamous movie ever to come out of a genre sometimes called the cannibal vomitorium, you’ve achieved true cinematic notoriety.

From New York Times Jan. 9, 2023

I froze with terror, thinking that I had entered a cannibal cave; I wanted to turn back.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Mencken remarked on the politician who had some cannibals among his constituents that “he would promise them missionaries for dinner.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

As they do so, like Sara, seeking a “defining moment” they might morph into news cannibals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2025

Twice last week, Mr. Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2024

The U.S. government’s record of missing service members does not attribute Finnegan’s death to hostile action or indicate cannibals were any factor.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2024

“You think I’d leave my team behind? After surviving Fleecy’s wheat germ, running from cannibals, and hiding under blue giant butts in Alaska? Come on!”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan



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