chomp
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Australia's oceans are teeming with sharks, with great whites topping the list of species that might fatally chomp a human.
From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025
What does the bubble gum they chomp during “Too Pooped to Pop” give them?
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
And feel totally comfortable slipping them on as I grade papers from my memoir students, blast Lil Durk from my portable speaker and take a massive chomp out of a piece of avocado toast.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
Each year, fans pick their favourite of 12 plump brown bears from Alaska's Katmai National Park that have gathered along the Brooks River to chomp on salmon and pack on as many pounds before winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2023
He slapped his sandwich back together and took a chomp out of it.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
Tampopo grows its arugula under insect netting to fight the Northwest flea beetle that otherwise chomps on the leaves.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
“Shut up!” the queen barks at Kate, and proceeds to grill her while a menacing, Cockney-bruiser Philip chomps on a toothpick and plays with the future princess’s hair.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022
The Wolf Pack didn’t just nibble away at Cincinnati’s lead; they took loud, impolite chomps that could wake Emily Post from the grave.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2018
Ralph Ineson chomps the scenery as Conor, who just wants to retire to his native Ireland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2018
Since then, he occasionally sidles up to me for a lunch-line chat while he chomps on a basket of cafeteria fries.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
A ragtag group of adventurers land on a remote island planning to exploit dinosaur DNA — and some of them get chomped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
The young meat-eater had chomped off the hind legs of two parrot-like dinosaurs called caenagnathids before perishing itself.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023
He chomped that bit with an all-action showing, but the lack of knockout power which has only seen him stop eight opponents in 32 fights was on show again here.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2023
In one hand was a sesame bun with some bites chomped out of it.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
“Only one thing missing,” the Burger King president said, wiping at his mouth with his hand after chomping into one of the chain’s Whoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Oyster mushrooms excel at chomping down contaminants such as hydrocarbons — even cigarette butts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
Clips of her splashing in her pool or chomping on melons have racked up millions of views all over social media.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
You wouldn't recognise him now but millions around the world have watched him, as a baby, chomping on his big brother's digits.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
Another big bluefin whooshing along the surface like a speedboat, throwing a wake, chomping on tinker.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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