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Centers for Disease Control has warned the public not to buy, sell or serve the company’s raw cheddar cheese, which five of those who had an E. coli infection say they ate before their illness.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
To avoid yield traps we also looked for names whose quarterly dividend payments ate up no more than 75% of their earnings.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Participants recorded everything they ate using a mobile app and weighed themselves daily with a wireless scale.
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
"As children, we would see huge vessels in which food was being cooked. Everyone ate to their fill, and the food never fell short."
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
In Summerland, spirits had bodies and clothes, lived in cottages or palaces, sat on sofas or under willow trees, sang and held tea parties, ate “spiritual food” for breakfast.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
