gain weight
Example Sentences
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Many experts describe today's environment as an "obesogenic society," where everyday conditions make it harder to maintain healthy habits and easier to gain weight.
From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026
And without careful tracking, people can gain weight, which increases “bad” cholesterol and eventually puts them at risk for heart attacks and strokes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
“No, I can’t gain weight for that. No, I don’t want to look like that.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
"She got thinner, she lost a lot of her weight through the captivity. But in the last two months they were given a lot of food to gain weight," Ms Gilboa says.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025
One unanticipated result of ending manual labor was that I began to gain weight.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
