cannibal
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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
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
The pilot ends by returning to the cannibal scene with a reveal reminiscent of a ’90s record-scratch freeze frame — the ol’ “I bet you’re wondering how I got here.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” “Writer-director Sarah Polley could land a nod for her adaptation of the Mennonite consciousness-raising drama ‘Women Talking,’ while writers may appreciate Luca Guadagnino’s pitch-perfect cannibal road movie ‘Bones and All.’
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022
The hypothetical problem of whether or not to give the cannibal book to Judge Quinzy had suddenly become all too real.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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