Examples of roadkill in a Sentence

There is a lot of roadkill along the highway.

Recent Examples on the Web Similar research in Iowa of tissue from roadkill and hunted deer found widespread evidence of the virus. — NBC News, 3 Jan. 2022 The purpose of the bridge is to reverse the effects that fragmented landscapes have had on wildlife, including low genetic diversity and roadkill. — Laura Anaya-morga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021 There, they’re regularly seen as roadkill or in small-scale racing events where they are made to scurry down a 40-foot track. — Oliver Milman, Wired, 20 Nov. 2021 This new analysis — conducted by examining the lymph nodes of samples from roadkill and from those felled by hunters — showed active infections, the researchers said. — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2021 For eight years, as knockoffs proliferated on cable, Rowe crisscrossed the country profiling sewer workers, coal miners, roadkill collectors, chicken sexers, and other jobs that would film well. — Jake Maynard, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2021 Orgeron’s lack of character had everything to do with why his program turned into a fried roadkill po-boy, but nothing to do with why he was fired. — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 20 Oct. 2021 The lions could use it any time of the day or night without fear of becoming roadkill. — Craig Pittman, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021 Testing of roadkill and hunter-harvested deer jumped to 10,726 in 2016. — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Oct. 2021

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