1
: any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
2
: a rapacious or predatory person
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As soon as they learned of his arrest, the media vultures started circling.
noted that the paparazzi are vultures who could not exist without the connivance of the tabloid-buying public
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Given its massive size, researchers have long debated whether Haast’s eagle was an active predator or more of a scavenger, like vultures and condors.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
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A new Cinematrix drops every morning.
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Millions of vultures began to drop dead, leaving cattle to rot.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
The Wild Bird Fund, a wildlife rehab facility in a storefront near the corner of West Eighty-seventh Street and Columbus Avenue, treats more than twelve thousand animals a year, from tiny songbirds to kestrels, seagulls, hawks, vultures, and wild turkeys.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street
vulture games
May 15, 2025
A new Cinematrix drops every morning.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 May 2025
Millions of vultures began to drop dead, leaving cattle to rot.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
The Wild Bird Fund, a wildlife rehab facility in a storefront near the corner of West Eighty-seventh Street and Columbus Avenue, treats more than twelve thousand animals a year, from tiny songbirds to kestrels, seagulls, hawks, vultures, and wild turkeys.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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“Vulture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vulture. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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vulture
noun
vul·ture
ˈvəl-chər 
1
: any of various large birds that feed mostly on animals found dead and that are related to the hawks and eagles but have weaker claws and the head usually naked
2
: a greedy or predatory person
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