chum

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The team's findings, published in Ecology & Evolution, showed that anisakid levels increased in chum and pink salmon between 1979 and 2021.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

A Harvard chum found him a job at the then-middling firm of William A. Read & Co.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

In 551-words, major shareholder Desmond eviscerated his old chum.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 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

The nervous, zaggedy shape of a mackerel just beneath the surface, working the chum slick.

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