fat
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“Big Short” investor Michael Burry, wrote that he has feared any successor to Buffett would be “too old,” and have no patience for “the fat pitch,” in reference to Abel.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
He got a fat bonus from the company’s blockbuster 2025, which dovetailed with his wedding day late last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
According to the researchers, the results highlight phosphate regulation and fat metabolism as especially promising areas for the development of future medicines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Spinal fusion was also reduced when the fish received less food or were treated with drugs that suppressed fat metabolism.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
They fed upon fat rabbits and drank sweet water from the rivers.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Glycerol is a basic component of plant and animal fats.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
Takeaways high in fats, salt and sugar are more widely available in areas of high deprivation where people are at higher risk of obesity.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
After an episode filled with warnings about addiction, government deception, processed food and discredited fats, the meal itself receives one adjective and one bite.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
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
It seems the fats and oils aren’t being doled out fairly, and Mother’s going to have to put a stop to it.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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I never became “unrecognizable,” and I spent more time than I’d like to admit looking at myself in the mirror and comparing what I saw to photos of the younger, fatter version of myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
The strategists explain why markets went up so much and why the fatter tail — the rising probability of an extreme event — suggests they could fall in the near future.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
Shares in Springer Nature SPG 6.91%increase; green up pointing triangle climbed after the academic publisher said it expects further sales growth and fatter profit margins this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
This girl, who had watched her father getting fatter and fatter, began to wonder how it was that a man could grow fat if he never ate.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
This is partly why she pursued the research: She wanted to figure out what characterizes the few with the fattest paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“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
Among them, the chief’s family is the fattest and wears only new black, shiny clothes, not the faded gray rags we have on.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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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
Unbelievably, the ball I fatted had come to rest directly on top of another ball, which was buried even more deeply.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 19, 2016
“The Ranch” is a prodigal-son story, complete with fatted calves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2016
Overfull, teaming, something fatted and overfed, like livestock.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015
I could tell he had not considered the possibility that all the fatted ships he had traveled so far to plunder might be at the bottom of the sea by the time he got there.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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"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
The fatting of calves being an object of great importance, a greater variety of food is now provided for this purpose than formerly, and great improvements have been made in this part of rural economy.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
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 John Ruskin
The two most certain indications that a lot of fatting pigs are thriving is to find that they are asleep and that their feeding troughs are empty.
From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Sanders Spencer
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