cannibal
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These cannibal dads had bulging bellies and a tendency to regurgitate the eggs when handled, the team reported in the American Naturalist.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
Czubek poses the relationship between Nabwana and Hofmanis as an artistic roller coaster: They’re either gleefully collaborating on script ideas for a cannibal movie or having a falling out over the direction of the studio.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Because like the cannibal girls, the song and its singer/songwriter have been terribly misunderstood.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” “Writer-director Sarah Polley could land a nod for her adaptation of the Mennonite consciousness-raising drama ‘Women Talking,’ while writers may appreciate Luca Guadagnino’s pitch-perfect cannibal road movie ‘Bones and All.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
"And you make me feel like a cannibal."
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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He battled oversize cannibals, outmaneuvered a witch and lost scores of men at every turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
When Rodgers finally shows up, Hart turns on the charm, lets slip that he doesn’t actually like the show, and pitches the great composer on one about singing cannibals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
You’d think a show that follows the transition from soccer champions to cultish cannibals would want to start us off with pure, innocent girls to emphasize the severity of their journey.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
The U.S. government’s record of service members missing in action does not attribute Finnegan’s death to hostilities nor does it indicate that cannibals were a factor.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
It draws its comedy from the fact that what, to Flanders and Swann’s twentieth- century Western audience, is a commonplace, is heresy to the cannibals of the song.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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