biter
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"Not that the economy wasn't relevant in those times, but there were other huge things going on," he said, describing the current race as a "nail biter".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Orange County expects to release its “ankle biter fighters,” as Brannon called them, in Mission Viejo this fall or next spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Having in mind that the toe biter is an iconic species accompanied by creepy stories concerning its encounters with humans, the authors assume that it is unlikely that it had gone unnoticed for too long.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
We learned this week that Commander, however, has also been a big-time biter, having bitten “seven people in a four-month span,” according to the New York Post.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
When it was Monica’s turn to fence against Rosella Gregorio from Italy, it was a nail biter.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Vector control officials in Southern California are starting to release sterilized male mosquitoes to combat the summertime onslaught of ankle biters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
Hits like Get Ur Freak On and Work It were often imitated, but never bettered, with Missy branding her competition "beat biters".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023
Some mosquito species are leg and ankle biters and are attracted to the stinky smell of bacteria on your feet.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
That’s a huge problem because there are no good tools to thwart outside biters, says Baltazar Candrinho, who heads NMCP.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 8, 2022
We're going to stand here and let the biters do their worst.
From The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits by Frank Gee Patchin
