- present participle of bite.
biting
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“All you have to do is take a bunch of pictures of people biting into something going ‘ew,’ and that creates a whole lot of excitement,” DuBois, of Circana, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The hearing stemmed from a petition animal services had filed that same month against the dog’s owners, Claire M. Birgy and Erick Krasnoff, and cited four separate and unprovoked biting incidents dating back to 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"Over the course of two hours, the Moon will be biting chunks out of the Sun as it moves across in front of it, blocking the light out."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The bacteria itself blocks transmission of diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, so "you will still have mosquitoes biting people, but they will not transmit disease."
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
For the first time ever, Cat was glad the fish weren’t biting.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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