fatten
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October is traditionally a time when many Scottish farmers sell "store" cattle or lambs to other farmers who will fatten them up further.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The candidates are bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, who are currently busy devouring as many calories as possible to fatten up for winter hibernation.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Financial stocks continued a strong run as investors anticipate a slate of deals that could fatten Wall Street banks’ revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Wilson’s phalaropes feed and fatten up at Mono Lake before their migration to South America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
“He needs to fatten up to fill out his tracksuit,” I say.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
It also fattens the wallet for those who help it happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
The weaker yen helps make Japanese exports more competitive overseas and fattens profits when they are converted from dollars to yen, but it also raises costs both for consumers and businesses.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Corn is a part of modern life in all sorts of ways: It fattens up livestock and gets turned into biofuels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
Wansink’s fall is both singular and parabolic: It can be taken as a moral teaching on what happens when an expert gorges on his good intentions and fattens off his expertise.
From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2018
Everywhere there are limits, but the thin fattens, the cloudy clears.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
On Monday, the September contract for feeder cattle FCU26 — those that are fattened up for slaughter — fell 2.8% to end at $3.32 per pound in Chicago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
It even fattened the wallets of big names who chose to stay on the PGA mothership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
They arrived at the start of December at Smithfield Common in the City of London, where they were rested and fattened up for Christmas.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
They are used to supply farms where they are fattened up for sale in Asia where eels are a highly sought delicacy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
She got up and went to a cabinet for a bottle and two glasses, and when she turned back she noticed that he was looking at her fattened ankles.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The Victorian glasshouses nurture fattening peaches, while in the main garden beyond, a tower of water bursts up into the sky—the highest powered fountain in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Monday’s game offered yet another example of how the team that supposedly is ruining baseball is fattening the wallets of the league’s other 29 teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Every time the political world thinks his career has ended, he manages to rise again, rebuilding his audience and fattening his bank accounts.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
Somehow, Piaget has squeezed those into the new watch’s 41.5-millimeter blue cobalt alloy case without fattening it up.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
He throws up the first time he eats the stuff—too rich for his belly, I guess—but after that he manages to keep it down, and all the while he’s fattening out a little.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
