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We have a cultural allergy to first-mover status.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

As it happens, I have a life-threatening allergy to peanuts, and the yellow M&M character is the peanut one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Early peanut exposure reduced a child’s risk of developing an allergy to peanuts by a little over seven times.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025

In her grounds of complaint, Ms Hoskins states she is disabled due to her severe allergy to cocoa, which can "trigger an anaphylactic shock and lead to potentially fatal cardiorespiratory arrest".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

“There’s a possibility Sir Fig Newton has an allergy to one of these common ingredients,” Dr. Spires said.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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