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  • noun Plural form of bite.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bite.

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Examples

  • My mom's tip against mosquito bites is typically vinegar.

    mosquito bite tally nathreee 2010

  • Let us consider how a saber-tooth bites is synonymous with “red” pepper spray and how can we secure ourselves from what we term as “unnecessary evil”!

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1162 2009

  • How sad that we are a nation of people who are selfish (I have mine so screw the rest of them!) and so unintelligent that they believe sound bites from the radical right rather than facts.

    CNN Poll: Americans split on health care reform 2009

  • Romney is SO hoping to become VP so that when Mccain bites the bullet he can become president.

    Romney on Obama: the presidency isn't an 'internship' 2008

  • The truth is, coherent, cogent public speaking, especially trying to tailor one's speech to sound bites, is a difficult skill that must be practiced.

    What Sarah Palin Is Saying - Anil Dash 2008

  • West Brook High School head girls soccer coach Rachael Scoggin bites back tears at the end of a speech at Ford Park on Saturday, May 20, 2006.

    Archive 2006-07-01 2006

  • Speak in short bites, don't lie and never ever give a "No comment."

    Three For The Defense 2008

  • West Brook High School head girls soccer coach Rachael Scoggin bites back tears at the end of a speech at Ford Park on Saturday, May 20, 2006.

    School bus seatbelts 2006

  • Thus Vince spends 7: 00 — 8: 00 working two side-by-side computers, trying simultaneously to assemble the cuts from last night's call, load an MSNBC interview with Nicole Brown Simpson's sister directly into NexGen, and track down a Web transcript of tonight's Dateline (which on the East Coast has already aired) so that he and Mr.Z. can choose and record bites from the Couric thing in real time.

    Host 2005

  • One of the last things that Emiliano Limon always does before airtime is to use the station's NexGen Audio Editing System to load various recorded sound bites from the day's broadcast news onto a Prophet file that goes with the Cut Sheet.

    Host 2005

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