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Recent Examples of carrion
Their revolting stench attracts flies and other insects that are irresistibly drawn to the smell of carrion.
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Vultures have an important job to do scavenging carrion, which helps reduce the risk of diseases from spreading in the environment.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
The man spotted carrion birds flying overhead, too.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Like vultures sensing fresh carrion, some politicians began moving in with false information and nonsensical claims even as the flames of California’s most damaging fire ever still burned strongly in early January.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Vultures have an important job to do scavenging carrion, which helps reduce the risk of diseases from spreading in the environment.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025
The man spotted carrion birds flying overhead, too.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
Like vultures sensing fresh carrion, some politicians began moving in with false information and nonsensical claims even as the flames of California’s most damaging fire ever still burned strongly in early January.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrion
Noun
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Alarmed animal lovers are demanding answers as dead birds repeatedly plummet from the sky, with the carcasses falling on a quiet residential street.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Grizzly 1058 had likely been dead for three to seven days, based on the fact that roughly 20 percent of the carcass had been scavenged, per the Jackson Hole News & Guide.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Look down and see the five little roach corpses and six live roaches on the ground in the bar and the other three on the ground in kitchen storage.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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Every morning, prisoners lined up for inspection alongside the corpses of those who had died in the night heaped in a pile next to them.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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