as in traveling
to come or be together as friends
they always chum around together
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Recent Examples of chumming
When catching fish, there will no doubt be blood and other things bringing sharks in, but chumming will almost always bring them in.
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Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Jon Chapman, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chumming
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The memorial includes two metal American flag signs on the Cloverdale Road overpass that drivers can see while traveling the Interstate, one in each direction.—
Rose Evans
April 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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Want to learn something new while traveling?—
Julie Bielenberg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hershey Foods, viewing Hersheypark as new and untested, did not want to risk visitors associating its brands with what could be a failing theme park.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Her other daughter, Beatrice, is reportedly also choosing to focus on her family and would like to keep away from publicly associating with her parents.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Mar. 2026
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The studio — microphones and a mixing board hooked up to a computer — is on the first floor of McIntire’s home.—
Allen G. Breed,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Yes, mixing highlights and lowlights can give brunette hair a range of shades.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
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The field includes current legislators Manny Abarca IV, Venessa Huskey, Jalen Anderson and Donna Peyton, all running for re-election.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Dodgers’ star shortstop left Saturday’s game after running the bases in the first inning and feeling pain in the right side of his lower back.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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Even the fact that its audiences were made up of Black and white South Africans mingling together was unheard of in a city where the law separated areas and people by race.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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Aiden Fox, president of the College Republican at Ohio University, said his contingent from the school is excited about mingling with like-minded conservatives.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Caltrans and the Nevada County Transportation Commission are collaborating on the project.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Broadcom is also collaborating with Anthropic rival OpenAI on custom silicon for AI.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Many women spend years in treatment for depression without anyone connecting it back to hormones.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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One of those ideas that Segall cites as core to that thesis is a true crime concept centered around deepfakes, taking a genre that people know and enjoy, and connecting it to the world of technology in a unique way.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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The breed is famously loyal and prone to forming intense attachments, often bonding strongly with one person in the household.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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After bonding out, Woods was released from custody at Martin County jail that same day.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Chumming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chumming. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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