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munch

[muhnch] / mʌntʃ /


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He said around 25 to 30 people take part in the contest to munch 80g of the vegetable in the fastest time.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Nearby, a desert tortoise had emerged from its burrow to munch on some grass — a rare sight that elicited a whoop of joy from Wilcox.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

Some visitors at Ueno Zoological Gardens were left teary-eyed as they watched Japan's only two pandas Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao munch on bamboo.

From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026

Ringo follows with, “Meanwhile, high in the Swiss Alps, two elderly Scotchmen munch on a rare cheese.”

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2025

Sitting against the trunk of a giant cottonwood tree, they listened to the creek gurgling and watched the horses munch on grass.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

She concluded that ZIP7 must be acting somewhere before the proteasome munches up the misfolded protein.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

As she munches on the tea-shop snacks of mooncakes, chestnuts and dried mango, she explains that she wants more than a provincial life.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024

And at one point she grabs an Oreo out of a jar in the kitchen and munches on it while speaking.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

Talking to Wall now as he munches away at his postgame meal, it’s clear the past few years have humbled him but not dimmed his ultrahigh self-confidence.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

Dawn Celeste munches chips out of a bag, brushes the crumbs off her cushy chest.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

At the NBA Finals earlier this month, he munched on pizza and french fries and drank Diet Coke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

At around 1 p.m., a line extended out the door and into the plaza, where many people sipped on the chain’s famous $21 “strawberry glaze” smoothies and munched on $18 prepackaged Thai tofu salads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

During her dream bridal shower, Williams and her friends munched on Asian food before partaking in a lip-synch battle.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

Tucked into schoolchildren’s lunches by the millions and munched by lawyers and professional athletes, Uncrustables generated approximately $920 million in sales in the company’s most recent fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

The people munched on Cobble’s pizza and spilled across Hector from sidewalk to sidewalk and said “Ouuuu!” and Ahhhh!”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

She reported Golden Tempo, munching on some hay in his stall maybe 50 feet behind her, was doing well, two hours before he took a 70-mile van ride to DeVaux’s base at Keeneland.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

Whether you’re having cereal for breakfast or pasta for dinner, you’re munching on flower products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

In announcing Gramma’s death, the zoo posted video of her munching on vegetarian meals — romaine lettuce and cactus fruit were particular favorites — and meandering around her habitat and lazily plodding through a pond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Film buffs sit snugly in cars watching a drive-in movie, munching popcorn on a lovely recent fall night.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

“That’ll be good enough at a pinch,” said Bigwig, munching clover and sniffing at the fallen bloom from a wayfaring tree.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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