- present participle of bite.
biting
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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
Wilson’s biting missive, published in the London Review of Books this week, went so viral that it reportedly crashed the outlet’s website for a few hours Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Still a child, Adrian looks off into the distance, biting his gelato spoon while registering the information.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was suspended from all football-related activity for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
And the young aviators were training in open-cockpit biplanes, with the wind biting at them.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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