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ate

[eyt, et] / eɪt, ɛt /




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From another: “A paper that ate three cold hands and got more honest each time.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

“He just sat there and ate it,” McKay would later testify.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Those participants ate a diet in which 14 percent of energy came from protein, 28-29 percent from fat, and 53 percent from carbohydrates.

From Science Daily Sep. 16, 2026

Two of these individuals traveled to an outbreak-affected state, ate at a Taco Bell and became ill.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

So I went on for an hour, made camp, fed the dogs, and ate two chunks of muktuk.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell



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