biter
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"Not that the economy wasn't relevant in those times, but there were other huge things going on," he said, describing the current race as a "nail biter".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
Having in mind that the toe biter is an iconic species accompanied by creepy stories concerning its encounters with humans, the authors assume that it is unlikely that it had gone unnoticed for too long.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
Both teams were coming off overtime losses to ranked teams in the semifinals and played another nail biter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
The invasive Aedes mosquito is an aggressive biter with the ability to pierce clothing and reproduce in water sources as small as a bottle cap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Grace nixed one family because their toddler looked like a biter, and another because they hadn’t ever traveled east of Colorado.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
This was until Estevao intervened as the biters of early in the season were painfully bitten back.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025
Vector control officials in Southern California are starting to release sterilized male mosquitoes to combat the summertime onslaught of ankle biters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
Some mosquito species are leg and ankle biters and are attracted to the stinky smell of bacteria on your feet.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The ants they eat are powerful biters and particularly venomous, but the lizards swallow them alive.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023
So God bless the Church and three of our mitres; And God bless the Commons, for biting the biters.
From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by William Ernst Browning
