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Okay, maybe that was more a serving of under-seasoned Beyond Meat plated for a feverishly carnivorous crowd.
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New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
One of the crown jewels is a specimen that holds a Guinness World Record as largest coprolite left by a carnivorous animal–more than two feet long and over 6 inches wide.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
The story revolves around an ancient species of carnivorous piranhas that are unleashed in the lake, leading to a bloody and wild fight for survival among the unsuspecting revelers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2024
The carnivorous dishes became a little repetitive, to be frank: Many of them consist of a small slab of meat sitting on a bed of some purée, accompanied by a couple dollops of different greens.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2024
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New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
One of the crown jewels is a specimen that holds a Guinness World Record as largest coprolite left by a carnivorous animal–more than two feet long and over 6 inches wide.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2024
The story revolves around an ancient species of carnivorous piranhas that are unleashed in the lake, leading to a bloody and wild fight for survival among the unsuspecting revelers.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2024
The carnivorous dishes became a little repetitive, to be frank: Many of them consist of a small slab of meat sitting on a bed of some purée, accompanied by a couple dollops of different greens.
—Tiffany Hopkins, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnivorous
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Should Harris have adopted a more aggressive media strategy?Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Joe Gibbs Racing cannot protest the ruling and on Monday morning Christopher Bell threw some shade on social media with a passive aggressive dig that Chevys were in cahoots to advance their own drivers.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
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The shooting in Little Italy San Diego Police are investigating a deadly shooting in broad daylight Wednesday in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood that was followed by a shootout involving police a short while later.NBC San Diego, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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While many convicted in the deadly January 6 riot are already angling for pardons, there’s another group of high-profile defendants who could be interested in Trump’s leniency.Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Expect more videos aimed at further upsetting supporters of a losing candidate and designed to incite violent protests, officials have said.Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Domestic violent extremists have increasingly shared tactics with each other on using guns to attack electric power stations in a move that likely escalates the threat to US critical infrastructure, according to a Department of Homeland Security bulletin obtained last year by CNN.Karina Tsui, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Characteristically, once she was married, Stewart tackled every ambition with ferocious discipline and took each failure as a personal crisis.Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Lebanon’s health sector has been in the thick of a ferocious Israeli air assault as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire in an ongoing war, with the country’s south and Beirut’s southern suburbs hardest hit.Allegra Goodwin and Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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One of the antics includes their attempt to get a payday loan as Katt Williams haunts them from the window, telling them of the dangers of predatory loans.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
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Ka’s music, which is largely self-produced, is at once stark and enveloping, a fugue of dread and predatory housing law punctured by shards and wisdom and, occasionally, discrete moments of joy.Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
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Competition is fierce:Phoenix progressives want their City Council seat back Who is running for Phoenix District 5? Maryvale-area residents will choose between incumbent Councilwoman Betty Guardado and challenger JJ Martinez in District 5.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Oz went on to lose to now-Sen. John Fetterman, D. Pennsylvania is home to fierce and competitive presidential-level fighting and the Senate race is no different.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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What’s new, though, is his whole narrative, a multipart boardroom saga from the perspective of a developer who was repeatedly cast as a rapacious opportunist.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
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Black holes are often depicted as rapacious, inescapable gobblers, but occasionally, these messy eaters can spew material, too.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Carnivorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnivorous. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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