eat
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She also said the best thing was being able to eat and sleep when she wanted.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
A couple of years ago, in a column about Father Greg Boyle, I noted that he is quite particular and even a bit preachy about the right way to eat a steak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
So we eat out half as often and don’t worry about the bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Ultra-processed food triggers dopamine, the pleasure hormone, which promotes craving. Food companies work with scientists to find just the right amount of sugar, salt, and fat that make you want to eat more and more."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
To me, she said, “Take their bags back and get them some bao to eat on their way to Chinese school.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Kurihara says he eats eel to prepare for contests and secured his place on the Japan team at just 10 years old.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
The result suggests that elevated oxalate in the intestines may be driven less by the quantity of oxalate a person eats and more by a biological problem in how the gut processes it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
She said lunch is “unhurried enough that you actually get to enjoy the meal, but not so long that it eats your whole afternoon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Malia uses the spoon to scoop a couple of mini marshmallows off the top and eats them.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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The first alpha-gal fatality was confirmed in 2025 after Brian Waitzel, an otherwise healthy JetBlue pilot, died four hours after he ate a hamburger at a backyard barbecue in New Jersey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
We, the audience, are the final piece of the puzzle, the culpable players who not only ate up the original “To Catch a Predator,” but all the media and memes that spun off it.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The ate off red tablecloths - red being a symbol of luck and good fortune in China.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Every six months, participants recorded everything they ate and drank during a three-day period.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
So we all ate in silence, not a word being spoken between us—until, that is, Mutti left the kitchen, telling us she was going to check on Marlene out in the barn.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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In late January, Jackie’s first clutch of eggs was eaten by ravens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
In recent weeks parts of Southern California have been hit by storm surges that have eaten away at beaches or damaged properties.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The discovery of burial sites like the one here has long eaten away at relations between the neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Liverpool asset might have eaten up a decent chunk of your budget, but packed guaranteed points for those premium pounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
My stomach gave an angry growl, and I realized it had been a long time since we’d eaten anything.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Senator still tries to be frugal when eating out with friends, especially as she and her husband save up to buy a house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Sometimes I remember things that I saw there. It's not easy. You're sitting among people at the table eating and, suddenly, you just have to leave," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
A delayed reaction adds to the muddle because most victims don’t get sick until hours after eating, and weeks or months after the tick bite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Mia Perumal, who has recovered from an eating disorder, said she's worried the technology could make unrealistic beauty standards even harder for young people to escape.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
I glance at the family eating Indian tacos and then at the legendary grandparent behind the counter pretending not to watch us.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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