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nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor
rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats
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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.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
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
A lot of claims were made then about how when everything shook out, music and musicians would be better off without the filter of the rapacious music industry.
—Mark Gimein, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
In his Philippics, a series of vitriolic speeches lambasting Antony, Cicero cast Fulvia as a bloodthirsty and rapacious villainess.
—Daisy Dunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2024
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
A lot of claims were made then about how when everything shook out, music and musicians would be better off without the filter of the rapacious music industry.
—Mark Gimein, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
In his Philippics, a series of vitriolic speeches lambasting Antony, Cicero cast Fulvia as a bloodthirsty and rapacious villainess.
—Daisy Dunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
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“Rapacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapacious. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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