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Recent Examples of carrion
Skunks occasionally eat garbage and carrion.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
And as members of the crowded slate jockey for money and support, many are casting Johnson as political carrion.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The small white plane circled — the stadium, the team, the season — like a vulture circling carrion.
—Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
Condors vanished from the state’s North Coast after the arrival of European settlers, who killed other animals with lead bullets and strychnine — poisoning the raptors that feed on carrion.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
And as members of the crowded slate jockey for money and support, many are casting Johnson as political carrion.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
The small white plane circled — the stadium, the team, the season — like a vulture circling carrion.
—Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrion
Noun
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Tossing the carcass is like throwing away free groceries.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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All of the carcasses that washed ashore had been skinned, Cole said, with some missing their front paws.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The following month, a hit squad, reportedly acting on bin Salman’s orders, strangled Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist who had been critical of the regime, and used a bone saw to dismember his corpse.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Organized crime exercises de facto control over vast swaths of the country, where the discovery of clandestine graves is commonplace, and thousands of corpses remain unidentified in morgues and public cemeteries.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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