vultures
- plural of vulture.
Example Sentences
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A home on Churton Street displays a printed sign reading “Hillsborough Vultures, Nature’s Custodians.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Tyler Whitnall, managing director of the zoo, said: "Vultures are the unsung heroes of our planet's ecosystems, acting as nature's clean-up crew to keep environments safe and disease-free."
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Vultures circle over the town of Huehuetla in the central state of Hidalgo, which, along with Puebla to the south and Veracruz in the east, bore the brunt of days of torrential rains.
From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025
Vultures are perfectly adapted by millions of years of evolution to detect carcasses across vast landscapes quickly and reliably.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
Vultures had found it, and a few silverback jackals nipped at the birds and wriggled through the massed feathers.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
