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There are also the legions of sponsors and guests, who follow the race from bleachers at the summit and nibble on petits fours while the competition rages in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
"But the larger ants seemed to seek the attention of the smaller ants by first visiting their nests and then allowing the small ants to lick and nibble all over them."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 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
Large herds of fallow deer cause problems for arable farmers throughout the year, too, trampling freshly planted crops in the spring and then returning to nibble their way through the fields ahead of harvest time.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2025
I nibble on the rose-scented macarons she brought me from Paris.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Here by the water’s edge, she nibbles on seeds and drinks rainwater, retreating to the house to sleep at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“The nibbles around the edges — ‘Make the procedure a little tighter, we’ll require a couple more documents.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
It’s the little things — a bowl of nibbles, a slice of cake, a chair just cleared — that carry the same quiet magic Mrs. Hudson carried into 221B.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
An MP accused of flouting Covid-19 rules during a "wine and nibbles" event has been cleared of wrongdoing.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
The water butterfly nibbles on the surface of an aquatic fern frond.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Another giveaway water voles are present are small food stashes and nibbled plants.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Young Joshua trees can be nibbled to death by hungry rabbits and rodents, or wither in drought, disease or fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
He wore sunglasses inside and nibbled from a bag of Italian potato chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
"What that means is that, in the case of the squirrel, it nibbled on aloe and took those metabolites into its own bloodstream," explained Bromage.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026
She nibbled the pastry as tentatively as a deer.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
The 4½-year-old eagle is larger than Shadow and she’s been moving sticks around in the nest and nibbling on him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was imperceivable at first, but for those blessed with cloud-free skies, crowds noticed the Moon nibbling away at the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But instead of attacking, the smaller ants climb onto the bigger ones and begin licking and nibbling across their bodies.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
“I don’t even know how to attack it. God, so much to it. Alright, the moment of truth,” Kempczinski says in the clip, before nibbling the sandwich.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
They used rocks to smash them and spent over an hour bashing rocks and nibbling at the small chunks of nutmeat, which tasted almost sweet.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
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