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snacking

  • present participle of snack.

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Add to this the sugar-hit snacking that keeps some shift workers going overnight and it makes for an extremely unhealthy cocktail.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Chicks Luna and Sandy were seen safe and sound Sunday morning around 6 a.m. on the popular livestream nest cam aimed at their Big Bear pine tree, snacking on fish in the family aerie.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

The new CEO has set out to streamline Nestlé’s portfolio around coffee, snacking, nutrition, and pet care, believing all four segments can deliver high-single-digit revenue growth.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Other humans, like Mariana Aidar, president of the animal-welfare nonprofit Projeto CAPA—the woman presently holding out the sugarcane to the capybara snacking away on the riverbank—are fighting for their capybara neighbors to survive.

From Slate May 27, 2026

After I was done snacking, I found myself a hammock and rested for a while.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah