crash diet

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But most affected stocks gained it all back and then some after their crash diet 28 months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Falling into a crash diet was really easy.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2023

By this time, he had gone on a crash diet, his familiar portly figure reduced by five stone, and published the Nigel Lawson Diet Book.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

She told Allure in August that she went on a three-week crash diet between fittings, cutting out all carbs and sugar until she weighed 16 pounds less before the second fitting attempt.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

Lawrence had expected that the Rad Lab, like other scientific institutions, would be placed on a crash diet after the war as the torrent of military funding dried up.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik