chomp

Australia's oceans are teeming with sharks, with great whites topping the list of species that might fatally chomp a human.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

There isn’t a shiver of surprise about who gets the chomp, only disappointment that the fatalities are so bloodless — they’re mild even for PG-13.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

After eating late-night stomach-turning Popeyes in Paris and shedding some tears, we stayed in a trippy '80s-styled hotel, fearful of Parisian bedbugs ready to chomp on our American flesh.

From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2025

They can consume up to 11kg of insects a year, and just one can chomp as many as 50 bees a day.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024

Clayton took an even bigger chomp than before.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Tampopo grows its arugula under insect netting to fight the Northwest flea beetle that otherwise chomps on the leaves.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024

“Shut up!” the queen barks at Kate, and proceeds to grill her while a menacing, Cockney-bruiser Philip chomps on a toothpick and plays with the future princess’s hair.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2022

If you haven’t chomped on Chicken McNuggets while Al Pacino chomps on the scenery, you haven’t lived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2020

Rapping like a cartoon rottweiler, Em chomps his way through the beat in a way that is linguistically dizzying.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2020

Brickz chomps and slobbers over some ribs in his corner.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

After Syria’s loss of the Golan Heights in 1967, Israel chomped off bits of Lebanese and Syrian territory, cutting off lands where Kfar Chouba residents would grow wheat and olives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

By April, Alligator had chomped into the US Top 10, and the UK Top 40.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

The young meat-eater had chomped off the hind legs of two parrot-like dinosaurs called caenagnathids before perishing itself.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 8, 2023

Duuzuu, still on Connor’s shoulder, chomped on a willow leaf as we walked.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

While the biopic and buzz around Garner’s portrayal of the “Like a Virgin” star had fans of the two blondes chomping at the bit, all is not lost: Art captures life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

“Only one thing missing,” the Burger King president said, wiping at his mouth with his hand after chomping into one of the chain’s Whoppers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Clips of her splashing in her pool or chomping on melons have racked up millions of views all over social media.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025

The chaotic recording sessions featured a bucket of fire and musicians chomping vegetables.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

“A baby shark swam through the grates and has grown and grown and is now big enough to eat you,” the boy said, and he made a chomping motion with his arms.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge