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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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FedEx typically prohibits the shipping of animal carcasses except in certain circumstances, which might include getting pre-approval.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Cleaning up the Environment Vultures fulfill the vital role of consuming carrion, or the carcasses of dead animals.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Aides played a propaganda video, and Trump held up a photograph of body bags which, according to Reuters, actually showed aid workers burying corpses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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When a young family member takes over the business, ethics go out the window as corpses are defiled, organs are sold, gold teeth are pulled, and people are maybe even murdered.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
30 May 2025
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“Carrion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrion. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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