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[eet] / it /




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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

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

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

"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

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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