excess
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Ordinarily, fermentable fiber can be challenging for people with IBS because bacterial fermentation can produce excess gas and increase digestive discomfort.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Although age, excess body weight, and lifestyle habits are known to influence testosterone levels, scientists have conducted relatively little research into how diet, especially protein consumption, might be associated with this hormone.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
And those systems need to expel excess air through vents like the ones Armstrong makes, designed during the Nixon administration, which cost a few hundred bucks apiece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Sewage spills happen automatically at overflow sites, which are permitted to release excess water into natural waterways.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The children who hounded us daily for money and food weren’t dim-witted beggars; they were accustomed to the distribution of excess, and couldn’t fathom why we held ourselves apart.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
From 24-hour news channel parodies and extreme stereotypes to a twisted Statue of Liberty, the Grand Theft Auto series has consistently mocked the excesses of US capitalist society.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
As a missionary, parish priest and later as bishop in northern Peru he ministered to the poor, denounced the excesses of power and lobbied for action on climate change.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Now they also realize they “don’t want these excesses, don’t want the federal government to come in and round up everyone, especially people that don’t have a criminal past.”
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
After a few years in which mainstream culture at least made noises about retiring the worst excesses of early-aughts thinspo, the pendulum appears to be swinging back.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
Jefferson’s enthusiasm for the French Revolution, despite its wild and bloody excesses, pushed Adams over the edge.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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