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[guht] / gʌt /






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The second showed that several biologically important metabolites usually credited to gut microbes can also be produced in substantial amounts by mammalian metabolism.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Tepache, a fermented Mexican pineapple beverage that has recently gone mass-market, is another drink with purported wellness benefits that include gut health.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Plant based diets support health in several ways, including benefits for the gut, immune system, metabolism, and cardiovascular system.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

“To say that we are disappointed would be an understatement. This is a gut punch to our union and to our members.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A horrible feeling struck Doha deep in his gut.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

No lack of guts and enjoyed their first-ever World Cup goal.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Our children may need the grit and guts of the pioneers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Now rate cuts are on hold, and as the rise in wholesale prices show, there’s still plenty of inflation in the guts of the economy that’s likely to show up later in the year.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

However Oskolkov, who previously discovered ancient fungus in the mummy's guts, cautioned that the yeast samples were only taken in 2010 and 2019.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Charlie and Lloyd were rolling in the weeds, busting their guts laughing.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

On June 17, a fire began on the roof of the 500,000-square-foot Lineage cold storage facility that gutted the building and destroyed half the structure over several days.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Managing to survive two wars, a decapitated leadership, gutted air and naval defenses, weakened proxies and a spiraling economy have allowed it to play a weak hand strongly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Teams of human moderators once employed by all the major platforms have been gutted.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

The mall in the town of Kashima was apparently gutted by a gas explosion, a government source told the Kyodo news agency, collapsing ceilings and walls.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Lord Commander Mormont had taken up residence in the King's Tower after the fire had gutted his own.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

President Nixon admitted, in effect, that he was gutting the international monetary system by cutting loose the dollar from the gold-price peg, the Journal wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Damon’s Odysseus is numbed by the massacre of Troy’s civilians; Fiennes’ hates himself for leading the best men of Ithaca to their death, gutting his own community in the heedless destruction of another.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

In all, Alico began gutting 53,000 citrus acres at the end of the 2025 harvest: 35 percent of Florida’s citrus production, condemned in one press release.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

“I know intimately how gutting it is to be a borrower, just sitting on the phone with a loan servicer as you try to navigate your options,” she said.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2026

Mrs. Boatwright was walking up and down, showing Lyra to the people who were just waking, and someone else was attending to the chicken, gutting it and jointing it and sprinkling it with flour.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman




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