vulture

Example Sentences

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“People are eating this up like vultures,” said former employee Yari Blanco, 36, as she hunted for a souvenir from the carefully curated bookshelf.

From Los Angeles Times

Birds fly behind, finches and macaws and vultures and larks, monarchs and thrushes and curlews and crows.

From New York Times

A hooded vulture named Oliver, who had been lurking on zoo grounds, was eventually lured back into his home with some treats.

From New York Times

“I will teach you first to be a rat, then a snake, then a vulture and then, with blood dripping from your beak, I will teach you how to be a gentleman,” Jaggers says.

From New York Times

The team has been working since Tuesday to entice the vulture with dead rats and the crows with mealworms to trap them and bring them back to safety, she said.

From Seattle Times