nibble
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"But the larger ants seemed to seek the attention of the smaller ants by first visiting their nests and then allowing the small ants to lick and nibble all over them."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
McDonald’s Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski had taken what social media mocked as a paltry nibble in a video promoting the chain’s new Big Arch burger, or “product,” as the CEO called it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
The thin-cut vegetables make it easy to nibble a bite at a time, rather than staring down a full head of lettuce in a salad bowl.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026
Retired professor Ted Porter, for instance, recalls buying a loaf of his late wife’s favorite bread when the winds first started, thinking he may need something to nibble on if the power went out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
“These are marvelous, undoubtedly the most delicious cookies I have ever tasted in the entire history of my life,” Quentin told her after a nibble.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“We set him up with a heated tent, a selection of sandwiches and nibbles and some excellent beverages, and then he attended a board meeting remotely,” McCallum says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
Not surprisingly, he got all kinds of scholarship offers from top-notch football programs but only nibbles from big-time basketball schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
Or there will be no more wine and nibbles for you.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
Don’t for a moment be hesitant about putting out store-bought nibbles.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
A man with wideset eyes like a hammerhead shark nibbles on his bioloaf.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
The nibbled plants are stashed in small piles amongst the reeds by the water voles to eat later.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It was really about a much deeper issue than how he awkwardly nibbled his burger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Thousands had watched Jackie and Shadow on livestream, as they meticulously arranged sticks in their nest high in a Jeffrey pine and nibbled each other’s feathers in preparation for laying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
"What that means is that, in the case of the squirrel, it nibbled on aloe and took those metabolites into its own bloodstream," explained Bromage.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2026
The fish-hooks were empty except for one, which held the bones of a small fish, neatly nibbled clean.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
With the clouds hovering, rain threatening and pitch nibbling, Robinson was the perfect horse for this course.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
McDonald’s has been the object of social-media derision since a Feb. 3 video of its CEO nibbling daintily at the chain’s latest offering, the multilayer Big Arch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
But instead of attacking, the smaller ants climb onto the bigger ones and begin licking and nibbling across their bodies.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
“I don’t even know how to attack it. God, so much to it. Alright, the moment of truth,” Kempczinski says in the clip, before nibbling the sandwich.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
As I climb up on a chair, my eye is caught by a snow globe with the tiny deer nibbling the ground.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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