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Recent Examples of bitten
Things escalated to the point Alexander Stephenson allegedly bit the left thumb of the one driving, and tried to scratch or gouge the other child's eyes.
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Dennis Valera, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The man was bitten on the arm and taken to a hospital be treated.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Not wanting to fuel the opposition, the podcaster bit her tongue but has since become more overtly critical of the Democratic Party, pushing back against the influence of corporate money and candidates who refuse to condemn the war in Gaza or who don’t defend trans kids.
—Rachel Monroe, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
The passenger, identified as Tyloine Reddick, was taken into custody after a brief struggle during which a state police dog bit Reddick in the left leg, according to body camera footage.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Instead, Sarandos bit his tongue for what must have been the 20th time that afternoon and offered the mildest of disagreements, saying only that most Americans don’t view Netflix as either Republican or Democratic.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
In California, a pet bitten by a potential rabies carrier, such as the wild coyote that attacked Kyle, must complete a 6-month isolation period to monitor for rabies symptoms during the disease's incubation period.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
And in November, two young children were confronted by a coyote near Westfield UTC mall and a 3-year-old was bitten on an arm and a hip and was taken to a hospital.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Some of the cases filed so far do seem to describe potential assaults on officers, such as a pair of incidents in which two women are alleged to have bitten the fingers of the Border Patrol agents who were restraining them.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Dennis Valera, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
The man was bitten on the arm and taken to a hospital be treated.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
Not wanting to fuel the opposition, the podcaster bit her tongue but has since become more overtly critical of the Democratic Party, pushing back against the influence of corporate money and candidates who refuse to condemn the war in Gaza or who don’t defend trans kids.
—Rachel Monroe, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
The passenger, identified as Tyloine Reddick, was taken into custody after a brief struggle during which a state police dog bit Reddick in the left leg, according to body camera footage.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Instead, Sarandos bit his tongue for what must have been the 20th time that afternoon and offered the mildest of disagreements, saying only that most Americans don’t view Netflix as either Republican or Democratic.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2026
In California, a pet bitten by a potential rabies carrier, such as the wild coyote that attacked Kyle, must complete a 6-month isolation period to monitor for rabies symptoms during the disease's incubation period.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
And in November, two young children were confronted by a coyote near Westfield UTC mall and a 3-year-old was bitten on an arm and a hip and was taken to a hospital.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Some of the cases filed so far do seem to describe potential assaults on officers, such as a pair of incidents in which two women are alleged to have bitten the fingers of the Border Patrol agents who were restraining them.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bitten
sucked
Verb
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Elsewhere, elites are framed as bureaucratic, academic know-it-alls – and get sucked into the culture war in the process.—
Alexa Beck,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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These glass valves sucked up power by the hundreds of watts each and pumped out a lot of waste heat.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Bitten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bitten. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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