eaten

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A group of Year 6 children were discovered to have eaten seeds from trees in the school grounds, the county council said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Participants reported everything they had eaten and drunk during the previous 24 hours and answered whether they routinely added salt to food at the table.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

“Bug spray repels them like it repels any other insect, so you just have to kind of hope that you don’t get eaten alive,” Reaves said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

They show up alongside burgers at cookouts, tucked next to sandwiches at beach delis, speared into Bloody Marys, eaten cold straight from the fridge after a day outside.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

It made a change from weeding, and the barn swallows followed to catch the bugs the mower scared up, so you weren’t eaten alive.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck