as in predators
a person who habitually preys upon others
regarded debt collectors as vampires who made a living from the misery of others
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Recent Examples of vampires
There’s a running gag about vampires peeing blood at public urinals This marvelously fun shift in tone more than justifies the title change.
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Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Summer 2026 will be full of vampires, dragons, frontiersmen, superheroes and President Barack Obama.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 June 2026
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
Pajak’s Sam must drive home the lesson that the real vampires are those creatures who try to steal your true soul — your individuality.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
By the final showdown, the production has made use of every bit of stage space, with sensational flying sequences (choreographed by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant) that allow the vampires to float, hover, and—in one especially intense moment—dive from that bridge.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Feeling restless and reckless, Michael (LJ Benet) is drawn to a hard-rocking local band that is secretly a quartet of young vampires that is literally sucking the life out of the community.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, younger brother Sam begins to suspect that Michael's new friends are not merely troublemakers, but vampires.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Summer 2026 will be full of vampires, dragons, frontiersmen, superheroes and President Barack Obama.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 June 2026
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
Pajak’s Sam must drive home the lesson that the real vampires are those creatures who try to steal your true soul — your individuality.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
By the final showdown, the production has made use of every bit of stage space, with sensational flying sequences (choreographed by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant) that allow the vampires to float, hover, and—in one especially intense moment—dive from that bridge.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Feeling restless and reckless, Michael (LJ Benet) is drawn to a hard-rocking local band that is secretly a quartet of young vampires that is literally sucking the life out of the community.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, younger brother Sam begins to suspect that Michael's new friends are not merely troublemakers, but vampires.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vampires
Noun
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The animal pads beside her, companion and protector, its golden eyes scanning the landscape around them for predators or potential dangers, as it has been trained to do.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Gay men were portrayed as both predators and prey, feeding into dangerous stereotypes at a time when the community was fighting for survival.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
Noun
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National Aquarium cams The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, operates a series of cameras of marine animals, including reef sharks, jellyfish and fish in a Pacific coral reef.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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As these prey species vanished, the large sharks that relied on them also disappeared from the region.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Vampires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vampires. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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