snack
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Many adults remember Little League and rec programs, dad coaches and the snack shack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It’s a really great spot for burgers, fish and steaks, so we’ll just go there for a little snack, and I’ll be the only one eating, because everyone’s still full.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
In addition to its namesake Pepsi soft drinks, the company has a broad snack portfolio that includes chips like Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
He put his school stuff in his bedroom, then went into the kitchen, made himself a snack, and watched TV.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
There will be snacks, drinks, live music, kid crafts, a bouncy house, a handful of actors in Shakespearean garb and scads of neighbors being neighborly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ultra-processed foods include products such as packaged snacks, fast food, sugary drinks, and other industrially manufactured foods.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
Back in Matla, Bamita's mother speaks about the child who would ask for money for snacks, play with her sister and run inside whenever cars approached because vehicles frightened her.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sales across Conagra’s grocery and snacks segment decreased 2.6%, as lower sales volumes more than offset higher prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Then Audrey tried to cheer her up by bringing snacks or funny books, but that hadn’t worked, either.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
He even snacked on caviar with friends and colleagues on a chartered jet to San Antonio to watch Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Research group Circana says that last year 48.8% of consumers snacked three or more times a day, up 2.7 percentage points over 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026
Lindblad was unaware of her first victory until cameras swarmed her as she nervously snacked in front of the clubhouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
Guests snacked on canapés and hors d’oeuvres before proceeding upstairs for the main course.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
She had some baby carrots in a Ziploc, too, although all she had snacked on so far was her melted chocolate.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Social media influencer Yoatzi Castro was celebrating a friend’s birthday at Disneyland, snacking on churros and riding Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, when the celebratory mood turned sour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
A late-night snacking episode can be a way to disconnect from the stress of daily life as a working parent, for example.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Add to this the sugar-hit snacking that keeps some shift workers going overnight and it makes for an extremely unhealthy cocktail.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The Covid-19 pandemic had supercharged America’s snacking habit: Some 70% of consumers were eating at least two per day, Smucker said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“They told Bertha they didn’t want to wake up one night to find a dragon snacking on their legs.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
