fed

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To explore how obesity changes the body, the researchers fed mice a high-fat diet that produced obesity and metabolic problems similar to those seen in humans.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Dan Schnur, a USC professor and former advisor to Republican politicians in California, said Feldstein Soto’s biggest obstacle might not be her opponents, but voters themselves fed up with elected officials citywide.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The driver who found the boys said he fed them before alerting the police.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

In the early days of Amazon, he said, Jeff Bezos famously advocated for the idea of the “two-pizza team”—that is, any team should be small enough that it could be fed with two pizzas.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Behind them I see elders stopping to catch their breath and babies crying to be fed, but their mothers keep moving forward.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar