predatory

Example Sentences

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In the past, market discipline hasn’t always been enough to prevent private student lenders from partnering with schools with poor outcomes to offer arguably predatory loans often to low-income students.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

His proposed addition to Marcel Breuer’s original Whitney Museum would have hovered above it with predatory menace, like an 11-story concrete praying mantis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Some people will argue that it’s unfair he will likely get wiped away from the public sphere while other predatory men from the past and present largely maintain their riches and reputations.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

What was needed instead, she added, was for predatory men to modify their behaviour.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Even before remains were found, the Big Hill Trading Company undertaker had arrived with his hearse; a rival undertaker showed up as well, the two hovering like predatory birds.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann