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There, users discussed different “stacks,” or combinations of peptides, to reduce body fat and achieve muscle growth.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
To the looksmaxxers, these peptides aren’t about health; they’re for shedding fat, building muscle, clearing up skin, and even getting tanned.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Other popular treatments include fractional laser resurfacing, which is meant to stimulate collagen production, as well as surgical procedures that remove fat from other parts of the body to inject into the face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
More changes happen when it reaches maturity at 16-18% body fat.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
On the way back home, big fat raindrops started plopping on the windshield.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Probiotic frozen yogurts, which contain healthy fats and more protein than other versions, align with the types of high-protein diets that have taken off with the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss medications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
When energy production becomes less efficient, cells compensate by consuming larger amounts of fuel, including fats, carbohydrates, and proteins.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
Areas containing these cells were enriched with specific fats linked to long lasting inflammatory activity.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
You can also add granola with oats and nuts that contribute healthy fats that slow glucose absorption.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
All the while, little cytoplasmic factories work 24/7, cranking out sugars, fats, proteins, and energy to keep the whole thing running and feed the nucleus—the brains of the operation.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Investors zero in on United’s potentially fatter jet-fuel bill — the airline said it expects nearly $6 billion in additional fuel expenses for the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Investors zeroed in on United’s potentially fatter jet-fuel bill — the airline said it expects nearly $6 billion in additional fuel expenses for the year, based on crude prices as of Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
With fatter profit margins from AI, earnings can grow 14% annually through 2027.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
The others said, “Boxer will pick up when the spring grass conies on”; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“The fattest chicken is in Belgium but there are other chickens around,” De Wever said last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
And second, Sgr A* isn't even the fattest hole we've seen.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2024
One was plainly meant to be Lord Manderly; it was the fattest snowman that Theon had ever seen.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
You were the good and prudent child, and now you’re glumly getting ready for the fatted calf to be slaughtered for your useless brother.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2019
At the Honda Classic one year, I fatted my second shot on the par-4 second hole into a muddy area left of the green.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 19, 2016
“The Ranch” is a prodigal-son story, complete with fatted calves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016
Grace’s hands are fists, her fatted chin is trembling, her eyes are pink and watery, like a laboratory rabbit’s.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
He is nearly always killing pigs; sometimes beating the oak for them; with Spenser, fatting them.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John
I found no farmers but in these counties that understood anything of fatting cattle with them; feeding lean sheep being the only use they put them to.'
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
However, let gentlemen try this method of fatting geese.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William
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