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The US leader is himself under pressure, with rising energy costs beginning to bite at home.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The thin-cut vegetables make it easy to nibble a bite at a time, rather than staring down a full head of lettuce in a salad bowl.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

“That scheme ensures that petitioners get just one bite at the apple—not zero or two,” wrote the judges, appointed by President Trump and former President George W. Bush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Still, there were times when a phrase about prioritization written on another whiteboard in Darlington’s office — “Eat the elephant one bite at a time” — might have seemed to mock him.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

“T.R., hot day like this, ain’t no fish go’n bite at Cussin’ Creek.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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