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Recent Examples of carnivorous
Over millions of years, carnivorous plants across multiple families have independently evolved a wide range of prey-capture strategies.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
This site features more than 1,400 individual tracks left by the plant-eating Brontosaurus and the carnivorous Allosaurus on 100 separate pathways.
—R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
This includes common houseplants like philodendron, monstera, maranta, calathea, African violets, orchids, and some carnivorous plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
Non-meat mains are… fine… but this joint glorifies the carnivorous lifestyle.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
This site features more than 1,400 individual tracks left by the plant-eating Brontosaurus and the carnivorous Allosaurus on 100 separate pathways.
—R. Scott Rappold, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
This includes common houseplants like philodendron, monstera, maranta, calathea, African violets, orchids, and some carnivorous plants.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
Non-meat mains are… fine… but this joint glorifies the carnivorous lifestyle.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivorous
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The recent turmoil is testing some of the foundations that powered private credit’s rapid growth, including aggressive underwriting, highly leveraged middle-market borrowers and the promise of stable capital insulated from bank-style runs.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Belt-Stubblefield did not take aggressive action and tried to walk away.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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Wade Wilson confessed to the savage murders of two women, yet even that brutality failed to repel admirers.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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On his second, Dominique pulled off a savage windmill, the same dunk that had earned a perfect score the year before and won him the title.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 10,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Washington — The House of Representatives is set to consider whether a collision avoidance system that supporters say could have prevented last year’s deadly midair collision near Washington should be required on every plane in the US.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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That pause came six days after yet another judge vacated Williams’ lengthy sentence for the deadly 2001 shooting on the Santee campus, a decision that could clear the way for his release.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Again, legal observers and ordinary citizens captured his violent death from several angles.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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As the hours passed, violent events were replicated in Colima, Nayarit, Aguascalientes and Guanajuato, where blockades and attacks on infrastructure are multiplying.—
Claudia Núñez,
AZCentral.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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This time, the soloist was the stellar emerging pianist Yunchan Lim, who keeps to himself, either lost in dreamy reverie or, like a jumpy teenager, in ferocious attack mode.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Fullerton's ferocious winds toppled trees onto homes, cars and trucks, jolting neighbors awake early Wednesday morning.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Golubski’s predatory behavior seemed to have been not so much an open secret as just open.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Feb. 2026
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By operating without the high overhead of physical branches at every corner, Laplanche argued that fintech firms can achieve profitability without relying on the predatory fees that traditional banks use to support their legacy infrastructure.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Born in 1941 to an unwed teenage mother in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson turned heads early with his fierce drive and athletic ability.—
Mark Whitaker,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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Göransson saw off fierce competition, including Alexandre Desplat, a 13-time nominee and three-time winner of the category; the latter was nominated for his score for Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
22 Feb. 2026
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But then there is the rapacious Bavarian and national media, for whom negativity about Bayern is big business, and a dressing room always loaded with forthright personalities and egos.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Carville’s theory was and remains controversial—his critics point to the lasting damage Trump has inflicted everywhere since his rapacious return to office while the Democrats have looked on haplessly.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Carnivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivorous. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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