fat
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Spatchcock it, score the fat so it can render as it smokes and place a pan beneath the bird to catch the liquid gold that is duck fat.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Some list what they’re eating and ask how they could eat better, sometimes getting dangerous responses about cutting out too much fat and carbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Danny Skinner, who farms at Duncanstone near Insch, Aberdeenshire, has around 450 sows and sells about 270 "fat pigs" every week.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
You always want a big, fat, juicy part, but sometimes it’s just a functioning part in a really good story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
With its final strike, it had sent a fat spark onto the kindling.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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"We discovered that deleting Mitch led to a major drop in fats in membranes," Gross explains.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
This could help explain why eating patterns rich in monounsaturated fats, including the Mediterranean diet, are consistently linked to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026
You can also add granola with oats and nuts that contribute healthy fats that slow glucose absorption.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
They contain nitrates, high levels of sodium and saturated fats, and aromatic hydrocarbons that increase the risk of cancer, hypertension, and heart disease.
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
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“We’re getting fatter and dumber, and our mental health is deteriorating,” the author writes, which is what “a half century-plus of mass-affluence consumerism has brought us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
SNPs have even fatter profit margins than traditional Medicare Advantage plans.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
Price/earnings multiples are largely higher for companies with fatter gross margins, Trivariate’s data show, so disappointments on margins would reduce multiples—and cause individual stocks to fall.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
“That’s the liver. It can be up to twenty percent of the shark’s body weight. The fatter the liver, the healthier the shark.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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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
“I’m telling you it is the fattest snake I’ve ever seen in my life. It was insane,” Ms. Siewe told the Sun Sentinel.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Finally, the biggest, fattest caterpillars began to nod their heads slowly from side to side, covering themselves in a web of silk.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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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
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
After expending hundreds of angry words, he noted that he is one of 32 terrifically rich owners and everyone loves a fatted calf.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2015
Feasting on the fatted calf of divine grace, every day was thanksgiving.
From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015
‘And we’ll kill the fatted calf—you long-lost whatever-you-are. Come an hour after candles are lit. Prodigal Son, what? Got a cup, has he?’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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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
It originally meant food used for fatting, especially for fatting swine.
From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson
In this predicament we wintered about 1,000 half-bred lambs, more than 400 ewes, and some fatting sheep.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir
She was feeding and fatting Tommy, with a view to selling him and buying a silk gown with the money.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
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