eat
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The carpenter had taken lunch to work but decided to go home to eat with his wife instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
If we are not cooking, we’re going out to eat somewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Prepare a humble yet decadent meal: If you’re feeling burned out, cooking an elaborate dinner can be too much work—and going out to eat might be too pricey.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
Locals share where to eat, soak, hike and raft in one of the West’s least crowded wine regions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Okay, I’ll be right here. You didn’t eat your cherry—that’s the best part!”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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In the world's most populous country, the need for high-end hospitality workers is immense, fuelled by economic growth and the rise of a middle class that travels more and increasingly eats at plush establishments.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The entire offensive line eats together at lunch in the cafeteria.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Her mother, Mygal, checks the news and eats a biscuit herself to calm her nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The ad featured Huel brand ambassador Spencer Matthews sharing an anecdote of a person he met who "only eats Huel" and who won a 260km race "by miles".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
I watch as, one-handed, Caesar eats like he’s starving.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The planned ban - named Romanch's Law after the teen - also follows the death this year of a carriage horse, Deniz, who ate a toxic plant in Central Park.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“The only thing in her refrigerator was bottled water. She ate all her meals at the office. She slept four hours a day. She worked in the office until midnight, or thereabouts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
We spread out a picnic blanket, ate fried chicken, popped cherry tomatoes like candy and watched the clouds float over the treetops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
At the dinner, Graham ate little and talked a lot.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
But I was also starving, and I watched hungrily as Frederick and Bruno tore through my satchel and ate all the food I had packed.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Defending against that barrage has eaten into stockpiles of missile interceptors needed to fend off future attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The meat consumption figures represent the typical amounts eaten by participants in each group.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Pope Leo XIV had a "good night" in hospital and has eaten breakfast as he recovers from lung cancer surgery, the Vatican said Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
It would have eaten small dinosaurs, lizards and mammals – occupying a similar role in the food chain to the hyena today.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
We had not eaten since the rolls and water at dawn.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Apparently healthy seniors were found riding stationary bikes and eating takeout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
But authorities were also concerned about Bukangi's well-being as she appeared to be injured and was not eating.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The link between healthier eating and slower biological aging was stronger in smokers than in nonsmokers, even though smokers did not generally have healthier diets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
However, Windsor said, the market may normalize, possibly as soon as next year, and the price per gigawatt could drop to around $20 billion — eating into SpaceX’s margins.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
I tried to brush off the feeling, especially when I sat with my aunts in the warmth of their home, eating their good food, and watching their magical spinning and knitting and weaving.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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