as in vampire
a person who habitually preys upon others
characterized the financial advisors as kites who took advantage of their customers
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Recent Examples of kite
David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
My parents taught me to value experiences (generally free, such as hiking or flying kites in the park) rather than material goods.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
Keros Beach on Limnos is one of the best places to kite or windsurf in Europe.
—Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
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One of their first products was a drone to tackle incendiary balloons and kites launched by Hamas.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
My parents taught me to value experiences (generally free, such as hiking or flying kites in the park) rather than material goods.
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
Royal Air Force pilots flying over the region in the 1920s gave the structures their name due to their kite-like shape.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022
Keros Beach on Limnos is one of the best places to kite or windsurf in Europe.
—Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2021
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And while flying requires substantially more energy than running, the researchers believe the vampires and similarly burning amino acids for flight as well.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Step aside Disney princesses, vampires and minions – another Halloween costume may have joined the list of most popular getups for 2024: Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2024
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Grande, meanwhile, sported a white strapless crop top with pink details that matched her pink pleated skirt.Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead, Lopez sported daring black military-style ankle boots with thick rubber soles, a nod to bold fashion-forward businesswear.Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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Coyotes are considered among the most successful predators in North America, with populations spread from Alaska down into Central America and east towards the Great Plains and Northeast.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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And jumping into a cage to get up close with one of the ocean's most feared and misunderstood predators: white sharks.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The team believe that the current measures help mitigate the risk of sharks developing a strong and potentially dangerous association with boats.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This latest incident marks the fifth shark attack reported in Hawaii so far in 2024, and the first to occur on a neighboring island besides Oahu.Tom Howarth FOLLOW, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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More:Def Leppard, Journey and Steve Miller romp through five hours of rock sing-alongs Dave Mason is still moving forward Despite Mason’s journeyman career playing with musical greats, his personal life often took dark turns.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
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Glenn throttled Metzenbaum in the primary, with more than 56% of the vote, and romped in the general election over Cleveland’s Republican Mayor Ralph J. Perk.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 July 2024
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Intelligencer The Cut Vulture The Strategist Curbed Grub Street vulture games Nov. 13, 2024 A new Cinematrix drops every morning.Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Thick swarms of black flies hummed and knocked against the windows of an idling car, while crows and vultures waited nearby — eyeballing the taut and bloated carcasses roasting in the October heat.Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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As an intimacy grows between Cassie and Bryan, Berryman again dances with shadows of Blanche and Stanley, but with all the hatred removed, the poisons of class and time and gender drained away.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The tight end hung out in the VIP tent with Swift's mom Andrea during the show, dancing with her, which fans captured on video and shared on social media.Hedy Phillips, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Chapman persuaded Ford Motor Co. to fulfill his V-8 engine requirements and built the first of what were to become revolutionary Lotus-Fords, pencil-thin cars that looked like spiders capering through the turns.Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
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The plot dissolves into sheer lunacy (in both senses of the word), as the whole company comes out to caper in a park in the moonlight — ostensibly to frighten Falstaff, but really just for the unleashed joy of taking over a public space.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2021
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“Kite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kite. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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