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Jack had reached for a vol-au-vent, swallowed it whole in one bite, rinsed it down with a glass of champagne and seized center stage all in one action.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

The risks that investors and regulators aren’t watching are usually the ones that jump up and bite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Johnson lived near Bruce’s owners and told authorities that Bruce, who was wearing a muzzle, knocked him down while attempting to bite him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Wall Street is growing increasingly suspicious that there’s little bite to his bark.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“What are you scared of? The monkeys didn’t bite you.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

She said: "I would never expect this in Cambridge of all places. I am just hoping these bites will go as soon as possible and I will look normal and get on with my life."

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

"We have a sandbox he loves, and it's really hard to enjoy the space because we just get annihilated with mosquito bites," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data tracking ER visits for tick bites, which are the highest on record in almost every U.S. region since 2017.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Daisy came over, took hold of my arm, and started looking at my monkey bites.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

You have a bit of planning to do before deciding to ignore this Roth-conversion window.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

The ampersand, meanwhile, evolved over time from a jagged bit of Roman graffiti into the curly charmer we know today.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“They bring a bit of everything, and Coach Patterson does a great job of scheming up the defense,” Paige said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

He's got a bit of an injury at the moment.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Every family does it a little bit differently,” Thomacita said.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

While rarely fatal, Lyme disease can cause rashes and flu-like symptoms among people who are bitten by an infected tick, and in some cases neurological problems.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Later in the day, Achim caught another shark and was bitten in the leg after pulling it into the boat.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

In September 2025, Larry Graves reported to animal services that the dog had bitten him multiple times in the right knee, chest and left forearm outside of a CVS store in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Other damaged bones may have been bitten by different predators or scavengers living in the region at the time, including other carnivorous dinosaurs and crocodilians.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

Then he found a juniper sapling with several twigs raggedly bitten off.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

The ire stems from a biting 4,200-word takedown of “The Odyssey” penned by classicist Wilson, who translated Homer’s poem in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Still a child, Adrian looks off into the distance, biting his gelato spoon while registering the information.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

And in an indication of how U.S. export controls are biting, Moonshot had to halt new subscriptions for its premium services after demand for its Kimi K3 model strained its computing resources.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The outer skin was tough—Mal spat hers out—but biting through to the flesh of it was astonishing.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell