fatten

Example Sentences

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Instead, the company said, the measure is aimed at tackling a perennial problem in California’s legal system: attorneys pushing car crash victims into expensive surgeries in order to fatten their fees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Feeders are ranchers who own feedlots where they fatten cattle and sell them to meatpackers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The Katmai brown bears are famous for standing at Brooks Falls, catching sockeye salmon in their mouths to fatten up for the winter.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Liz Truss told the Institute for Government she tried to rear, fatten and slaughter a pig on market day in her rush to meet voters' need for change saying she had "limited time".

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2023

“He needs to fatten up to fill out his tracksuit,” I say.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell