buzzards

plural of buzzard

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Recent Examples of buzzards Sparrows, pigeons, and buzzards in the sky watching me. Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buzzards
Noun
  • Scientists say predators can help track huge storms.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Advances in paleoecology and ancient DNA analysis have given us a clearer picture of how these predators lived and interacted with their environment.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All 500-year-old vampires will be able to watch Talamasca on their television sets in linear fashion on AMC.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the two minute trailer (below), the death of someone close to a secret society charged with monitoring the world’s immortals, including witches and vampires, prompts the group to seek out a new recruit in the form of a young unsuspecting man, Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton).
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Strangely, all the clowns with Ukraine flags 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 in their bio are also all silent on this one.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Lawmakers need to close the loopholes now before the vultures pick it clean.
    Adam Kovacevich, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The man says his next step may be to approach the dogs' owner with an offer of money to remove them from their current situation and find them a proper home.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Designers Rachel Antonoff and Susan Korn—who hosted their second annual Best in Show runway, which paired adoptable dogs with human models—also welcome children.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The mechanism feels smooth and sturdy—no awkward jerks or wobbles.
    Zoë Sessums, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Life is too short to work with jerks.
    Shayne Fitz-Coy, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Around 75% of Americans are exposed to raccoons, skunks and foxes — the very wildlife that commonly spread the fatal disease to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The skunk with distemper is stuck in the window well again, chewing incessantly on the garden hose that is coiled up in there.
    Miriam Toews September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After World War I, fur remained a status garment, though lower-cost furs like skunk, mole, and musquash entered mainstream winter wear.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Around 75% of Americans are exposed to raccoons, skunks and foxes — the very wildlife that commonly spread the fatal disease to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Buzzards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buzzards. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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