chumming

present participle of chum

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Recent Examples of chumming But the days of chumming to attract the marine animals could be coming to an end off Florida’s coast. Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
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Verb
  • The investigation is part of a broader crackdown on what’s known as birth tourism, the practice of traveling to another country, so a child is born there.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • New attractions include the Hip Hop ride, a traveling grand carousel with horses valued over $30,000 each and the first-ever First Peoples’ Art Showcase.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the connection between hair shedding and ferritin is well documented, with studies associating low ferritin levels with telogen effluvium, a form of temporary hair loss.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 15 July 2026
  • Some jokes, including a riff on the history of the Wright Brothers, feel vaguely Dada, as if Marino and Wain had spent a long, happy stretch of aimless days drinking coffee and free-associating.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • The company’s tools allow filmmakers to build an AI model using production dailies to help enhance post-production work such as mixing, relighting shots and adding visual effects, forgoing typical visual generative efforts.
    Corbin Bolies, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Yankee Stadium in the Bronx keeps expanding its vendor lineup, mixing classic New York fare with viral novelty items.
    Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Compared with a commercial GPU running the same image-denoising task, the optical system delivered more than a hundred times faster inference while using only about one-ninth of the computational resources.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • What can go wrong in the aorta The aorta is the body's largest artery, running from the heart down through the chest and abdomen.
    Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • In recent days, Soto and Lindor have been seen mingling together in the dugout more than before, adding some substance to the claims that things are trending well.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Open-seating dining also encourages mingling, with one table in the restaurant always set for five.
    Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Smith has worked with the Marks family for more than two decades, collaborating on several projects, including their Malibu home.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
  • Those ambitions have been apparent since at least 2023, when OpenAI reportedly started collaborating with former Apple design chief Jony Ive.
    Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • The next section to the north, connecting through South Miami to the edge of Coral Gables, is virtually finished and set to officially open next month — though construction fencing is gone and people are already using it.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • Chevron is exploring a pipeline connecting Iraq’s oil patch with the Mediterranean Sea via Syria.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • What started out as a friendship eventually blossomed into romance after bonding over food.
    Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Fandom has become a means of signaling our identity to others and bonding with like-minded spirits, Kresnicka said.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 27 June 2026

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“Chumming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chumming. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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