scavengers
- plural of scavenger.
Example Sentences
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"They are essential to eco-systems", he says, detailing how as scavengers they remove tonnes of waste on a "phenomenal scale".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The couple kept feeding the scavengers, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
This behavior made sense, since wolves create reliable feeding opportunities for scavengers.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
The birds noisily fight over their stolen feast, a potential tip-off to other scavengers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
The foxes of the Arctic, scavengers that they were, had picked up some language, but their brains were so formed that they could only understand statements in the present tense.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
