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eat

[eet] / it /




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You can eat it slightly warm or chill it for later.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

The system handles everyday requests like navigation and music and hands off broader questions to larger cloud models for broader questions, such as where to eat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

"We've reduced the amount of bread we eat and now only have it with one meal a day."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

"I've found tins of Heinz baked beans, perfectly fine. I'm quite happy to eat those," Charlotte says.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

He could eat you out of house and home, and he was too big to argue with.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

There are meaningful differences, of course, between a stranger navigating an unfamiliar shopping list and a husband who should know what his own family eats.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

In the world's most populous country, the need for high-end hospitality workers is immense, fuelled by economic growth and the rise of a middle class that travels more and increasingly eats at plush establishments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The entire offensive line eats together at lunch in the cafeteria.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Sofiyka eats her semolina from a green bowl shaped like a frog.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I watch as, one-handed, Caesar eats like he’s starving.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In a study lasting just eight weeks, adults with prediabetes who regularly ate both fruits experienced improvements in blood vessel function and blood pressure, without gaining weight or consuming more calories.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Inflation obviously ate into some of those gains.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

"Lots of people planted vegetable gardens. We ate whatever was available. Well, thank God, we're here now," the 29-year-old added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

His small crowd chortled and ate it up.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

She baked him a birthday cake, and the two of them ate it themselves when Mr. Garner and the twins were at football practice.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

About $12,000 went toward the wedding, and the rest went into the house, which has since eaten a new water heater and a roof repair nobody warned us about.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

Wages have risen, though inflation has eaten most of the gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

At one point, Sophie said she realised she had not eaten for about 28 hours and remembered seeing a food trolley being brought round to mums on the ward.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

BMW and Volkswagen have both already cut their guidance for the year as sluggish demand combined with cut-throat competition from Chinese local rivals such as BYD and Xiaomi have eaten into profits.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“You can have my lasagna, Nana,” Maya-Jade replied, pushing her plate to her grandmother, whose own meal was only half eaten.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

I once heard a piece of advice about eating more vegetables that I’ve never forgotten, although I wish I could remember who said it: Find the vegetables you can add to a meal almost automatically.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

A girl aged nine hurt her tongue while eating a chocolate bar in Bremervörde, west of Hamburg.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Because the study was observational, it cannot determine whether eating ultra-processed foods directly causes heightened brain activity or increases in body weight.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Blaming the computer has become the corporate version of the dog eating your homework.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

He is eating unwisely, refusing nursing advice, and ignoring doctor's orders.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman


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