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For Wilson’s phalaropes, Mono Lake is often their last chance to fatten up before flying nonstop to South America.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

October is traditionally a time when many Scottish farmers sell "store" cattle or lambs to other farmers who will fatten them up further.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I, too, will fatten up this winter, whether I want to or not.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

And that may not change soon as high stock prices continue to fatten travel budgets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

And I was mindful to do a good job with the marketing for Mrs. Wigginbottom—and leave time to barter biscuits for more newspapers and fatten up that orange tomcat on the back porch.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

It also fattens the wallet for those who help it happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

The weaker yen helps make Japanese exports more competitive overseas and fattens profits when they are converted from dollars to yen, but it also raises costs both for consumers and businesses.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022

Corn is a part of modern life in all sorts of ways: It fattens up livestock and gets turned into biofuels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2021

Wansink’s fall is both singular and parabolic: It can be taken as a moral teaching on what happens when an expert gorges on his good intentions and fattens off his expertise.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2018

Everywhere there are limits, but the thin fattens, the cloudy clears.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

At around six-months-old they are bought by companies that run feedlots – large yards where the animals are fattened on corn and other grains for the final three to six months of their lives.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

On Monday, the September contract for feeder cattle FCU26 — those that are fattened up for slaughter — fell 2.8% to end at $3.32 per pound in Chicago.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Chey’s ex-wife now wants an appeals court to grant her a higher proportion of Chey’s fortune, fattened by the global AI frenzy, using an updated asset valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

They are used to supply farms where they are fattened up for sale in Asia where eels are a highly sought delicacy.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

One fellow passenger remembered a story about demon sailors who had fattened up their Tang passengers.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Every time the political world thinks his career has ended, he manages to rise again, rebuilding his audience and fattening his bank accounts.

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026

All of my friends are, like, anorexic basically, or have some form of eating disorder, so it’s hard to get people to eat fattening food with me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

"The movement of sheep and goats for breeding, fattening and slaughter is banned throughout Greece," the agriculture ministry said.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2024

“I didn’t think so, but why else were they fattening me up?”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone