bitten

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In March, two people were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes in Southern California alone, a 46-year-old woman from Ventura County and a 25-year-old man in Orange County.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 8,000 people annually are bitten by venomous snakes, with fewer than 10 deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

You might think that Whitmarsh would have been "once bitten twice shy" when it came to Honda.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Nevertheless, the risk of being bitten by a shark remains extremely low.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

He remembered Gramps’s most terrifying Betsy story, about one of his friends who’d been bitten by a water moccasin while making his way through the flooded streets.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis