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sugary

[shoog-uh-ree] / ˈʃʊg ə ri /
ADJECTIVE
containing sugar
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These include greater consumption of ultra-processed foods and sugary drinks, childhood obesity, physical inactivity/sedentary behavior, antibiotic exposure, and air pollution.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

They said their blood sugar readings were refractory, meaning they kept coming back despite being given glucose, whereas naturally-occurring hypoglycemia can be easily corrected with a treatment such as a sugary drink.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

From next year, Europe's biggest economy is set to join many other countries by levying a tax on sugary drinks in a bid to raise funds to support its under-pressure health system.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Fizzy, sugary drinks were sweet, festive and a nutritional black hole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

It would probably find the half-eaten churro that had fallen out of my pocket and feast on its sugary heartbreak.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya


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