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Research suggests our appetite for calorie-dense foods also becomes stronger, driven by the brain's reward system rather than a genuine need for energy.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Institutional investors have stepped back just as retail and systematic are selling aggressively. These are the kind of flow dynamics we rarely see outside periods of genuine market stress,” Patel wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Williams and Eleanor—who would define comic relief if Helen and Sam didn’t crack us up with regularity—start inching toward each other in a romantic way, the awkwardness genuine, and touching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
It is a genuine and hard-won thing that Chris Pappas will be a senator and J.D.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Looks like your friend brought us luck,” said Pa. I didn’t believe that, but I was feeling pretty certain she’d brought me a genuine Wonder.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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