chum

Example Sentences

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He landed the role of Marty’s chum Dion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 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

Chum - To join someone as a companion, as in "I'll chum you along".

From BBC • Jun. 25, 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

Then another and another until there’s a whole school of tinker mackerel darting up to nibble on the chum, fighting one another for the pieces I been cutting up and dropping into the water.

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