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bloodsucker

[bluhd-suhk-er] / ˈblʌdˌsʌk ər /


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The sound, the look, the swagger: The three steps that vaulted Anne Rice’s seductive bloodsucker from ‘Interview With the Vampire’ to the top of the mosh pit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

She has repeatedly described Prof Yunus as a "bloodsucker" of the poor and accused his Grameen Bank of charging exorbitant interest rates.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2023

In 1988’s “Vampire’s Kiss,” he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an immortal bloodsucker.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2023

His character, the smarmy real-estate agent Larry Crockett, unwittingly enabled an ancient bloodsucker to move into town.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2020

Although closely related to mosquitoes, the gnat is not a bloodsucker and probably does not feed at all as an adult.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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