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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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The part that was chewed was the part that goes over your instep, a kind of flap or lip.

— Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
His clawed and chewed backpack revealed that he, too, could have been critically injured.

— Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

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Even when stomped into the mud by a 17,500-pound apex predator, dinosaur footprints rarely last long enough to fossilize over millions of years.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
As Flores was still celebrating, Bjornsson — the previous deadlift world-record holder (510kg) — stomped up to him and reached out to grasp his rival, but only to offer a congratulatory hug of genuine warmth and affection.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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The rule would require mail-in ballots to be stamped with official Election Mail markings and to be sent inside automation-compatible envelopes with unique Intelligent Mail barcodes.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
Another example is sheet steel, which is stamped into car body panels during the automotive production process.

— Grant Schwab, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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