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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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Whale of a Tale Kennedy’s oldest daughter, Kick Kennedy, once told Town & Country that in the 1990s, her father lugged home the head of a whale carcass that had washed up on the beach on Hyannis Port’s Squaw Island.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
16 Apr. 2026
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Before tossing the chicken carcass, put it in the stock pot to liven the flavor of your soup.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to conceal an inconvenient corpse.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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Gerlach is facing nearly 500 charges — including burglary, abuse of a corpse and desecration of monuments — tied to a disturbing investigation at Mount Moriah Cemetery near Philadelphia, the outlet reported.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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