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[eet] / it /




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When quizzed as to whether the whole narrative surrounding the IPO momentum could be lost if cheaper Chinese competition starts to eat into the market share, Ahn is realistic: “That’s a possibility, yes.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Soil supports the food we eat, stores water, carbon and nutrients, and provides habitat for an enormous share of life on Earth.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

It is safe to buy and eat eggs that have a British Lion mark or are produced under the Laid in Britain egg assurance scheme, experts advise.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Relying on such speculative and grandiose maxims—supported by a sparse and often inconsistent scientific literature—to inform what we eat is, Mr. Lieberman writes, like “playing a game of dice.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

It was the last time Jason had seen her eat.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"I have noticed it loves fried rice a lot! The way he eats up my fried rice leftovers - very voracious," laughs Promise.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Whenever he visits another office, he eats in the employee cafeteria.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

In a Vanity Fair profile a few years ago, the reporter notes disapprovingly when Goodman eats a corned-beef sandwich and cole slaw, asking “Aren’t we supposed to be on a diet?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

McDonald’s becomes not merely something Trump eats or campaigns beside, but part of the visual vocabulary through which people understand him.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

“Is the lion-bird to sit in my place, Nighthand? And the miniatures to eats my fish?”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"I even ate the breadcrumbs left by the pigeons."

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

They also ate less overall, and their diets were healthier and more diverse.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

At first, he ate well and trained well only because she told him to.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Dar Lbahja and Wadadli also saw bumps in orders of the dishes that Davis and Neff ate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Then she grabbed a spoon and ate some tóshchíín.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Human beings have, throughout history, opportunistically eaten almost any edible thing that they could get their hands on.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The jurors had exclusive use of a separate floor of the hotel, the email said, and had eaten their meals in a conference room, away from all other guests.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Participants also completed four dietary recalls during the study describing what they had eaten during the previous 24 hours.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

In late January, the couple’s clutch of two eggs was eaten by ravens.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

After we’ve rested and eaten, she takes out two small bags of dried flower petals.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Many are worried that social media continues to increase the risks of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bullying and other harms.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Mladić lived openly; deer-hunting with friends, eating in swanky restaurants and even attending football matches.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Their findings, published in Science Advances, indicate that eating insects was probably occasional and accidental in Europe, Central and East Asia, while it appears to have been more common in tropical regions and among Neanderthals.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

Eating healthily does not require the adoption of rigid diets that undermine the joy of eating and provoke their own anxiety.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Three days earlier one of my dogs had stopped eating any of the meats I had sent for the dogs—pork, lamb, beef, liver, and dry dog food.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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