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biting

[bahy-ting] / ˈbaɪ tɪŋ /




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The animal has red eyes and a short proboscis equipped with claws that help it grab food before biting.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

And in that humidity, mosquitoes were breeding — and biting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

To distract the dog from biting them, they said, they fed it cereal they’d taken from a neighboring house where Yakeschi’s aunt lived.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

She posed for one of UNC’s official photographers, playfully biting her “All Access” pass in one shot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Not long before I had felt the biting wind.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell




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