as in predator
a person who habitually preys upon others
regarded debt collectors as vampires who made a living from the misery of others
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Recent Examples of vampire
The single-camera comedy, from writers and executive producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, follows two vampires who have been married for 500 years.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 July 2025
The temporary crowns did look oddly artificial—like the plastic vampire teeth that children wear, except more elegant.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
These new results, provided by the Supernova Cosmology Project and consisting of 2,087 detonating vampire stars, otherwise called standardized Type 1a supernovas, constitute another line of evidence that dark energy is not constant and that the LCDM may need revision.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 July 2025
The temporary crowns did look oddly artificial—like the plastic vampire teeth that children wear, except more elegant.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
These new results, provided by the Supernova Cosmology Project and consisting of 2,087 detonating vampire stars, otherwise called standardized Type 1a supernovas, constitute another line of evidence that dark energy is not constant and that the LCDM may need revision.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vampire
Noun
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Roblox — The stock dropped more than 7% after Louisiana's attorney general sued the video game company for allegedly enabling child predators on its platform.—
Scott Schnipper,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Mississippi’s attorneys say the law is a targeted effort to regulate social media platforms that let predators interact with children.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Matt Davis, a scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, told WGME that warmer weather from climate change could cause sharks to hang around the area until later in the year than usual.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In one high-profile case, a Chinese vessel was caught inside the Galápagos Marine Reserve with 300 tons of marine life, including 6,000 dead sharks, in 2017.—
Jennifer Raynor,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Vampire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vampire. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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