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[treet] / trit /








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The company added that its focus remains on “high-impact, transformational medicines to treat life-threatening diseases.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The papers asks whether the pre-Halloween announcement is a "trick or treat" before suggesting the discount "will be swallowed up by rising prices".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The best way to digest influencer content is to treat it like a commercial, and use that knowledge to make informed decisions, says Jeremy Tarr, the digital editorial director at Fodor’s Travel.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Indigenous tribes without federal recognition fiercely opposed a bill that would treat tribes with and without federal recognition differently during land development disputes, prompting the author to pull it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

‘That’s terrible. That isn’t how a friend should treat you.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Companies are allowed to replace some portion of actual chocolate in their treats with a close-enough substitute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Options could include using a spooky fake skeleton hand to share out treats, rather than letting children reach into a bowl, or dressing up to meet trick or treaters.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

So the cheaper option in most cases is to buy the bag of fun-sized treats — and encourage kids not to be greedy in how much they grab.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Make sense of the midterms with Slate: Speaking of tricks and treats, watch this livestream recording from Slate’s politics team, who broke down all the spooky thrills and chills we can expect on Election Day.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026

He treats it as an opportunity to be extremely Leonardo.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

But I’m still angry with them for the way they treated their father, especially when he was dying and needed them most.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Another Ivy League grad says she “wants to be treated like an adult, with an adult mind, which never happened in undergrad.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Now, for the first time, we have proof that those stories don't stay on screen – they shape how people with visible difference are treated in real life.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Oxygen, however, has generally not been treated as a separate volatile substance that magma can absorb and release.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although he was treated fairly well by his masters, the small boy had only one wish—to return home.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Although global budgets have slowed the state’s healthcare spending, Maryland hospitals are treating fewer patients and charging substantially more for each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

By treating his Starfleet commander as if he were a Shakespearean protagonist, Stewart transformed a franchise at a crossroads into a fresh, thoughtful look at human possibility.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The environment ministry said it had ordered a "high-level team for an on-ground investigation" into the shooting of the 19-month-old male, treating the incident with "utmost gravity".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Understanding this relationship could eventually help researchers identify new approaches to preventing or treating fatty liver disease.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

She was a longtime colleague of Farmer’s, and she had questions about treating someone with hydrocephalus—an abnormal amount of fluid in the brain’s ventricles, or cavities—caused by a parasite.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French


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