eat
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A couple of years ago, in a column about Father Greg Boyle, I noted that he is quite particular and even a bit preachy about the right way to eat a steak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
If the Jolly Green Giant could get kids to eat their vegetables, perhaps a sweet anthropomorphic triangle can win over AI skeptics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Ultra-processed food triggers dopamine, the pleasure hormone, which promotes craving. Food companies work with scientists to find just the right amount of sugar, salt, and fat that make you want to eat more and more."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
If mortgage rates stay at current levels, he’s worried his monthly payment could potentially eat up 50% of his paycheck.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Janice, you had a long day. Put the phone down and eat with us,” Dad says.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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He said he had been forced to invest in a new camera system to tackle such thefts, which also "eats into profits".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The resemblance might have ended there, except Kennedy recently told an interviewer that he eats beef twice a day, generally grass-fed strip steak.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
What really eats up the hours of the working day?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The result suggests that elevated oxalate in the intestines may be driven less by the quantity of oxalate a person eats and more by a biological problem in how the gut processes it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
It eats a great deal that cannot be spared.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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We, the audience, are the final piece of the puzzle, the culpable players who not only ate up the original “To Catch a Predator,” but all the media and memes that spun off it.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The ate off red tablecloths - red being a symbol of luck and good fortune in China.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
To pay my respect, I ate not only for myself but my whole family, whose allergies and aversions led them to abstain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“He just sat there and ate it,” McKay would later testify.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
He ate a quick breakfast to fortify himself before venturing down the hill to Handsome’s field where the musk ox stood sleeping next to the reflection pond.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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“Breakfast” typically consists of coffee and a protein bar eaten as she pulls out of the school drop-off line.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Liverpool asset might have eaten up a decent chunk of your budget, but packed guaranteed points for those premium pounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Those expectations may even shift a person's perception from hunger toward fullness before any food has actually been eaten.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Lott, first elected sheriff in 1996, later said from his office, decorated with the heads of animals he has killed and eaten, that scams have never been worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He’d never once eaten a braid, whatever that was.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Mia said: "It's all very well saying 'oh, it's AI, it's not real,' But eating disorders don't really listen to rationality."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 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 small preliminary study from UC San Francisco adds to mounting evidence that eating fewer ultra-processed foods may help reduce symptoms of depression.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s a real thing: This AI is eating my chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“We’re eating right now, but later on—” Chip clutched Jonah’s T-shirt.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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