feast
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A new Australian study suggests that zoo lions behave more like their wild counterparts when they are given whole animal carcasses as part of a feast and fast feeding schedule.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
The trip and epic feast had been worth it: La Mar had purchased the final seven and a half years of Tabla’s lease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
After a feast of points in week one, defences hit back in week two of the NFL.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
You could have customers showing up ordering a feast of fillet steaks because they got an inside tip on your generosity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
A few ears of ripe new corn, blueberries, and a strong tea of wintergreen made the rest of the feast.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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But the greatest concentration of farms is along the 19-mile tidal Damariscotta, the site of oyster feasts for thousands of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
But it also reminds me of why Ashitaka’s central question remains as moving as the film’s visual feasts: Why can’t humans and the forest live together in harmony?
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Muslim community is currently preparing for one of its holiest seasons and its biggest feasts.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Schwarzenegger called the Hahnenkamm "the best run with the best athletes", proceeding to list all his Austrian food favourites on which he feasts in Kitzbuehel.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
The community held going-away parties and prepared feasts for the young men heading off to the front.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Startups that spent years fighting for crumbs of the Pentagon’s budget as the handful of large defense corporations feasted are suddenly finding themselves welcomed to the table and courted by Silicon Valley venture capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Australia resumed at 271-4 with Head on 142 and Carey 52 and they feasted early on some mediocre bowling.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
When Jonah Ayunga and his marauding band of brothers feasted on Celtic's desperate confusion and put them to sleep with two goals in a dozen second-half minutes, Hampden erupted.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025
America feasted on NFL football this past Thanksgiving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Nhamo felt elated as she feasted on the roasted dassie.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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"Wild lions don't eat at the same time every day. They experience natural periods of feasting and fasting depending on hunting success," Hryhorenko said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
He warned that slaughtering elephants for celebratory feasting could encourage poaching by creating the impression that killing elephants is acceptable when sanctioned by government.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The game meat is expected to be served as part of the traditional feasting associated with the Independence Day celebrations.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
He would see those lorikeets again later, now feasting on the “frilly white blooms” of a eucalyptus tree, their heads dusty with pollen, dizzily enjoying their nectar-rich world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
But dogs would refuse to share their food with others of their kind, as the wolves were doing now, growling pleasantly and feasting in friendship.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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