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nothing livens things up like a whole team of rapacious basketball players descending upon the pizza parlor
rapacious mammals, such as coyotes, foxes, and bobcats
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Remmick is a monster, but his homeland was colonized by some of the same rapacious forces that brought the twins’ ancestors to America.
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Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
That voter initiative in the early 20th century made the commission the primary protector of California’s families and businesses against rapacious or unsafe electric and gas utilities.
—Loretta Lynch, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
Without a Yanukovych presidency, the Ukrainian government and armed forces might not have atrophied, and a rapacious kleptocracy might not have taken hold.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2022
But providing that service shouldn’t require charging rapacious fees that exploit the most financially vulnerable.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
That voter initiative in the early 20th century made the commission the primary protector of California’s families and businesses against rapacious or unsafe electric and gas utilities.
—Loretta Lynch, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
Without a Yanukovych presidency, the Ukrainian government and armed forces might not have atrophied, and a rapacious kleptocracy might not have taken hold.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2022
But providing that service shouldn’t require charging rapacious fees that exploit the most financially vulnerable.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rapacious
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“Rapacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapacious. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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