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champed

verb

past tense of champ

as in chewed

to crush or grind with the teeth kept champing a cigar as he barked out orders

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to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure watch the horses so they don't champ the flower beds

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For centuries, people there have chewed the leaf or brewed it into tea for its stimulant-like effects.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Avoid giving younger children hard candies such as Jolly Ranchers or other kinds that can’t be chewed easily.

— Lina Ruiz October 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

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This year, the party headed to Los Angeles, where all your favorite models — and then some — stomped the runway in lace, lace and more lace.

— Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026
McColley pushed Parente out onto the street and stomped his boot in the victim’s face five times, crushing Parente’s head into the pavement before fleecing his pockets and fleeing, according to the criminal complaint.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026

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The structure uses thin sheets of nickel-titanium (NiTi), a shape-memory alloy, stamped into porous chips and stacked to form a tubular refrigerant unit.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Consumer product packaging could only be stamped with the chasing arrows recycling symbol if at least 60% of consumers have access to recycling programs that accept the product.

— Lisa Song, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2026

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