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Recent Examples of carnivorous
Non-meat mains are… fine… but this joint glorifies the carnivorous lifestyle.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Restropo marks the darkness of those times with a massive, complex cartoon depicting a cigar-smoking drug lord and carnivorous hippos in a bright, fantastical jungle.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
View gallery - 4 images There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
At the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel, truffle top black spruces, cotton grass puffs, colorful mosses and carnivorous plants fill in where glacial lakes retreated.
—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
Restropo marks the darkness of those times with a massive, complex cartoon depicting a cigar-smoking drug lord and carnivorous hippos in a bright, fantastical jungle.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
View gallery - 4 images There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
At the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel, truffle top black spruces, cotton grass puffs, colorful mosses and carnivorous plants fill in where glacial lakes retreated.
—Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivorous
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Some of the city's narrow streets fell victim to the aggressive snow totals, leaving residents with little wiggle room to get around it.—
Andrew Ramos,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The agency’s aggressive tactics this past year – especially when agents make their presence known in public areas in or near an employer, such as a parking lot – have had a chilling effect on businesses in areas where ICE has been operating.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Sons of Anarchy was praised for its stellar writing, operatic plotting, and cast of actors who breathed vivid life into their characters, giving even the most savage moments a dose of humanity.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
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This league is a savage league.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Dec. 2025
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Martinez and another man were charged in October with assault with a deadly weapon, accused of following the agents' vehicles and initiating the collision with Exum's SUV that led to the shooting on Chicago's south side.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The January 29, 2025, collision was the deadliest commercial aviation accident in the United States in the last 16 years.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Erfan Soltani, 26, was arrested last month as demonstrations roiled the country, sparking a violent crackdown by authorities.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Unprecedented spending has also done little to address the country’s worst in the nation homeless problem, an infrastructure that is graded lower than the national average, and a violent crime rate that is 35% higher than the national average.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Oc Register,
1 Feb. 2026
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What Lee did not anticipate was the iron resolve, the ferocious tenacity, of the Union defenders.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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But nobody is just strong and ferocious, and nobody is just a saint.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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It’s also produced a challenging landscape of predatory contracts and other potential pitfalls.—
Eric Prisbell,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stephanie has vilified predatory slot-machine operators and is opposed to prop bets, which provide opportunities to bet on an individual play or a player statistic.—
Jasper Craven,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Those funds are caught in a fierce battle over Democratic proposals, now backed by some Republicans, to impose limits on the behavior of the ICE agents whose aggressive tactics in Minneapolis have left protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti dead.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Game director Cary Trzcinski made sure emotions did not boil over and lead to a melee, sticking his thick body and fierce game face into one brewing moment in the second half.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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Under his leadership, the paper led a long and ultimately successful fight to end the rapacious practice of hydraulic mining that literally destroyed mountains and ruined Central Valley watersheds.—
Seán McMahon,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Heaving on the shore after nearly being taken under the rapacious waves, Byrne is released from a moribund procession of sound and light.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Carnivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivorous. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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