bloodsucker
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free rider, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, moocher, parasite, sponge, sponger
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Plenty of the bloodsuckers live in urban parks and neighborhoods. — USA TODAY, "Tubing, Hemingway, great white sharks: News from around our 50 states," 21 July 2019 The breakout show furthered the story of a bloodsucker named Angel (David Boreanaz) whom the Romany cursed with a soul as punishment for a century of mass murder. — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, "Go behind the scenes of EW's Angel reunion shoot," 21 June 2019 The half-inch-long bloodsuckers are up to five times bigger than a typical cat flea. — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, "What鈥檚 that bug? New Northwest field guide makes it easy to find out," 20 Aug. 2018 More: The bloodsuckers of 'Vampire Uprising' are demanding their civil rights! — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "'Hotel Transylvania 3': Ranking the best movie Draculas, from Bela Lugosi to Adam Sandler," 9 July 2018 The unifying figure is Dollar, who plays a vampire queen named Sophie in a cabal of bickering bloodsuckers. — Noel Murray, latimes.com, "Review: Mashup of cameos and mismatched footage doesn't fly in weird vampire flick 'Sunset Society'," 5 July 2018 The gross bloodsuckers can carry Lyme disease and other illnesses, and their populations have skyrocketed in the past few years. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "WATCH OUT: Ticks Are Already a Big Problem and It's Not Even Spring," 9 Mar. 2018 In fact, different mosquitoes have different receptors for preferred hosts, which may be why Riffell鈥檚 little bloodsuckers didn鈥檛 learn to avoid chickens. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Swatting May Teach Mosquitoes to Avoid Your Scent," 5 Feb. 2018 The scientists hope to follow up and figure out how the ancient tick fits into the family tree of the bloodsuckers. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "99-Million-Year-Old Tick That Feasted on Dino Blood Found Trapped in Amber," 13 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bloodsucker.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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