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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

A single breeding pair of sunflower stars can potentially produce thousands of offspring — many mouths to chomp down on urchins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 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

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

The Wolf Pack didn’t just nibble away at Cincinnati’s lead; they took loud, impolite chomps that could wake Emily Post from the grave.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2018

A giant panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve chomps on bamboo.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

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

The “confirming sign” is the roughly eighth-inch holes where the adults have chomped through to emerge and mate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024

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

A monkey stole his baton and chomped off the tip.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

When Uncle Darnell looked toward Vonetta, she turned her face away and chomped on her cereal as hard as she could.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Some airlines are chomping at the bit to link up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, as passengers clamor for access to quick and reliable in-flight wifi.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

He got his start by creating beats for stars including Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, before chomping up the charts in his own right.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 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

Laney demonstrated by opening her mouth and chomping down.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser