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chum

[chuhm] / tʃʌm /


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The local government has proposed an old tactic to keep high-paying guests at the luxury resort from becoming chum: Putting a shark net adjacent to the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"The next morning, it was clear that Maxwell had conferred with her royal chum because she told me: 'You did well. The prince had fun.'"

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

When reporting out his story, I contacted Stern, the filmmaker and old prep school chum who made The Preppy Murder.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2025

In 2022, 80% fewer king salmon returned to the Yukon River than the 30-year average and 90% fewer chum salmon returned to western Alaska.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

Fish scoots in, inhales the speck of chum.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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