obese
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As a morbidly obese young adult, I considered him one of my “big three,” along with John Candy and Chris Farley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Agricultural economies of the past were plagued by malnutrition; today the roughly 1% of U.S. workers in agriculture are productive enough to make us obese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
More than one billion people worldwide are now obese, and childhood obesity has quadrupled since 1990.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The team also gave daily BRP injections to obese mice for 14 days.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Jerry’s a particularly obese man with greasy hair combed over his bald spot.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
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