as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others
characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers
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Recent Examples of kite
Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
The fort's expansive lawn is tailor-made for picnicking and flying kites.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2025
By bringing mountains, bells, temples, kites and looms into the heart of Paris, Songmont demonstrated how Eastern aesthetics can resonate globally.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In one of the few tatreez that isn’t drawn from a news photograph or an image posted to social media, the opening words to Alareer’s poem appear, paired with a kite, a symbol for the poet of hope.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
The fort's expansive lawn is tailor-made for picnicking and flying kites.
—Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Verb
In an entry hall, kites overhead, frozen mid-swoop, are by Yinka Shonibare, a Nigerian Brit who works in batik as a prod at colonialism.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Oct. 2025
By bringing mountains, bells, temples, kites and looms into the heart of Paris, Songmont demonstrated how Eastern aesthetics can resonate globally.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kite
Noun
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However, when stars have a binary partner, white dwarfs can spring back to life like cosmic vampires by stripping material off these companion stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 May 2026
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Like vampire Lucy, the kuntilanak is a selfish creature.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
Verb
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The cost for the basic version is said to be around $6,000, up to double that for more advanced versions, which presumably sport better communications, sensors and AI.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Abiding by the pajama dress code, the mom-to-be was sporting red loungewear and a matching fuzzy devil horns tiara for the meal.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Without natural predators to keep the deer population in balance, the deer population first exploded.—
Mark VanderSchaaf,
Twin Cities,
18 May 2026
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In November, a shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man at a national park beach on Australia's east coast in a rare instance of the predator attacking two people.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Verb
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And it was discovered by accident, when Delap and a few team-mates were larking about in training.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Before proceedings got under way Fallon was seen larking around at the front of the audience hall, before quickly being told to get to his seat as the pope was about to walk through the door.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN,
14 June 2024
Noun
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The attack was Australia's first shark fatality since January, when a 12-year-old boy died in a hospital days after he was mauled by a bull shark in Sydney Harbor.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Also, beachgoers are urged to report shark sightings to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
Verb
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The Dodgers romped through a weekend at Angel Stadium, scoring 31 runs in what amounted to live batting practice against the Angels’ woeful pitching staff.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
19 May 2026
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Bayern hosts Barcelona on Saturday in the first leg of their semifinal and will hope to make amends after the Catalan club romped to a 7-1 win in their last meeting in the league phase.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Tell the vultures that this is a no-feed zone?—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The scene has turned into a vulture’s paradise.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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In an Instagram carousel shared earlier this month, Alba posted a series of photos of her and her friends enjoying time on a boat, including pictures of them lounging in their bikinis, dancing, going down the slide and jet skiing.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Colorado, with an extra man, was already a hard watch with a healthy Cale Makar dancing along the blue line.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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“Kite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kite. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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