fat
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Beneath its casual, slightly rumpled appearance was a specific bit of flavor logic: salt, fat, sweetness, acidity, glutamates upon glutamates.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Later research indicated that the apparent protection may come from greater muscle mass rather than excess body fat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
A rise in BMI can therefore occur even when a person is gaining healthy muscle rather than excess fat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
The pattern has long been described as the "adiposity rebound," based on the idea that body fat first decreases and then returns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Just as we walked out of our fields into the thick timber of the bottoms, a big fat swamp rabbit popped out of a brush pile and tore down a game trail.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
"These apps tend to underestimate calories, especially from fats, so what they actually ate is likely higher than what the app shows."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Probiotic frozen yogurts, which contain healthy fats and more protein than other versions, align with the types of high-protein diets that have taken off with the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss medications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
When energy production becomes less efficient, cells compensate by consuming larger amounts of fuel, including fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
You can also add granola with oats and nuts that contribute healthy fats that slow glucose absorption.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
In the Before, I never ate McDonald’s because there were a million fancy burger places in the city and Mom avoided trans fats.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The strategists explain why markets went up so much and why the fatter tail — the rising probability of an extreme event — suggests they could fall in the near future.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
With fatter profit margins from AI, earnings can grow 14% annually through 2027.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Her agenda includes new investment in strategic industries, temporary tax relief for inflation-weary consumers and fatter defense budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
He was growing fatter and stronger every day, if it was proper to speak of days.
From "1984" by George Orwell
“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
This is partly why she pursued the research: She wanted to figure out what characterizes the few with the fattest paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
The fattest part of the barrel is actually closer to the handle, with the idea of redistributing more mass to an area where some hitters make more frequent contact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
Among them, the chief’s family is the fattest and wears only new black, shiny clothes, not the faded gray rags we have on.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
The film also captures a tradition that would soon disappear from New Orleans Mardi Gras — the “boeuf gras,” or fatted ox, paraded around the city.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
At the Honda Classic one year, I fatted my second shot on the par-4 second hole into a muddy area left of the green.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 19, 2016
Overfull, teaming, something fatted and overfed, like livestock.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015
I could tell he had not considered the possibility that all the fatted ships he had traveled so far to plunder might be at the bottom of the sea by the time he got there.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
The fatting pig which pays best is one which has a short life and a merry one, never having to seek or wait for its food.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Spencer, Sanders
The two most certain indications that a lot of fatting pigs are thriving is to find that they are asleep and that their feeding troughs are empty.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Spencer, Sanders
No food short of that of a fatting hog will enable her to keep her pigs alive; and this she must have for ten weeks, and that at a great expense.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William
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