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Just within the past two centuries, cattle and sheep brought in for ranching — and then later elk and deer for hunting — ate up the island’s shrubs, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
He ate with tax collectors, sinners and outcasts.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The risks weren’t only for people who ate the most ultraprocessed foods in the new study.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Oetzi and these Bronze Age salt miners ate more fibre and whole grain than modern-day people, Sarhan explained.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
In the Before, I never ate McDonald’s because there were a million fancy burger places in the city and Mom avoided trans fats.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
