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"For them to say there's not really enough evidence, I think for me and my parents, it's a bit of a slap in the face, really," says Zak.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

When asked whether he was able to recognize any facial features, Byers said: "No, there was a quite a bit of decomposition to where skin slippage...made it unrecognizable."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

“For the last few years, I thought I could buy my way out of this,” Newsom said with a shocking bit of honesty, pointing to all that budget money that has been invested.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The truth is probably a bit of both, and nobody in charge is drawing a line between them.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

“He likes to play the fool. He is a bit of an actor, I suppose.”

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

He scampers about in this way for about a year: then he is 'taken up;' that is, bitted, and backed by a 'dumb-jockey'—a cross of wood made for the purpose.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

I thought that enough for the river, wid a fower fathom bottom; so, I’ve bitted it at that, an’ me an’ Jackson are a-sayin’ about clearin’ the cable range now.”

From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by Overend, William Heysham

Ah, a tender mouth was bitted and bridled at last! the reins were in the hands of the public, and it would drive me—where?

From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara

Descried at any distance, his garb, with the caparison of his horse—the full gaucho panoply of bitted bridle, breast-plate, recado, and caronilla—would tell he is not an Indian.

From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.

The old man was pale and silent, and Ben Butler felt the lines telegraphing nervous messages to his bitted mouth; but all he heard was: “Shiloh—Cap'n Tom—Steady, old hoss!”

From The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by Moore, John Trotwood

I have not seen a dozen coachmen, private or public, to whom my youngest child could not have given invaluable suggestions as to the bitting, harnessing, and handling of his cattle.

From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Collier, Price

Still no suspicion of the truth reached me that since I came to live with him my uncle had been bitting and breaking his tongue.

From The Light in the Clearing by Bacheller, Irving

Hard-mouthed horses, when accompanied with great spirit, are objectionable, as they require peculiar bitting and the utmost vigilance.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

It is true, he was on the whole rather an innocent monster; and between bitting and bridling, coaxing and humouring, might have been made to pad on well enough.

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

The bit of life that is I, in so far as it succeeds in baffling them or in bitting them to its service, will imagine that it is godlike.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack