eat
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That was part of the point: Conagra is trying to design products that will entice even people who don’t want to eat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I don’t know how to do nothing but this. Robots don’t eat fish, so I can’t fish for them, you know what I’m saying? I’m screwed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"There's plenty of things for them to eat," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Officials in Michigan, one state with a disproportionately large number of illnesses, said earlier this month that it had become safer to eat lettuce and salad greens as case counts started to fall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
He offers her a plate of food—buttery pancakes with syrup—but she is too sick and tired to eat.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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The dining hall is a perfect example: The student’s economic background is invisible as everyone eats from the same options available in the food court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Nvidia’s earnings call later this month could give Wall Street and investors “critically needed assurance on its go-forward role in vendor financing,” Arya said, which eats into its free cash flow.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Garrett’s quickness off the ball is “insane,” Young said, noting that Garrett eats up “three or four yards,” with his first step.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
As the number of reported infections continued to rise and fears over our favorite seasonal eats reached a fever pitch, the exact source of the outbreak remained a mystery.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Like I said, no one in my family eats it.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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Neither group was given a calorie target or told to limit how much they ate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was first popularized in the 1970s by an American researcher who noticed how people ate and lived in parts of Italy and Greece.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mohamed Al-Hamdani, a Democratic member of Montgomery County’s Board of Elections, which received similar inquiries, said they amounted to “witch hunts” that ate up staff time.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He ate a piece of bread and a slice of cheese, opening and shutting his refrigerator door quickly to preserve the cold air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He ate some grass and a couple of spiders.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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"There was so much prey available that mammalian predators couldn't have eaten it all," says Oscar Wilson, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The percentage of consumers eating alone has been steadily growing in the U.S., with 43% of restaurant meals eaten solo in the 12 months ended in June, according to market-research firm Circana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In late January, the couple’s clutch of two eggs was eaten by ravens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Most of the people had eaten between June 24 and July 2, Medus noted, while others said they had eaten at “a variety of other Mexican-style restaurants.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
It might have been the best meal he’d ever eaten.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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Early studies show patients generally return to their typical eating habits after they stop taking the drugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“In that regard, we are eating our future readiness. It’s not sustainable.”
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
OpenAI is also adding eating disorder-themed prompts to a list of harmful user requests which will be flagged to parents with linked accounts.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Gen knows the exact measurements of her salad order and is strictly forbidden from eating any bread.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
More importantly, even to a polar bear that puts napping and eating high on his priority list, here was a snowy owl nearby.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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