vulture
Example Sentences
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Like all these other capitalist vultures, OpenAI’s plans wouldn’t just be exploiting lonely men, but would actively be making the problem worse.
From Salon
“The vultures are out there swarming,” Michelson said, referring to developers and investors looking to turn a profit following the devastation.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.
Another home defeat by Brighton - it would be their fourth in a row at Old Trafford next weekend - would see the vultures circling again.
From BBC
Bailout money is likely to be invested in “market-moving purchases that push up the value of assets and local currency,” and hedge funds and vulture capitalists “will see a windfall.”
From Salon
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