chum
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The local government has proposed an old tactic to keep high-paying guests at the luxury resort from becoming chum: Putting a shark net adjacent to the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
When reporting out his story, I contacted Stern, the filmmaker and old prep school chum who made The Preppy Murder.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025
Chum - To join someone as a companion, as in "I'll chum you along".
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
In 2022, 80% fewer king salmon returned to the Yukon River than the 30-year average and 90% fewer chum salmon returned to western Alaska.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
We stepped over toward the banks of the stream as we chatted, almost like he was a regular chum and not some phantom from the underworld.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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