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The Nobel season opens Monday with the medicine prize, which experts say could go to research into the GLP-1 appetite-regulating hormone behind weight-loss drugs like Ozempic.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Moments later, he glanced back at the word "Finally" on the giant screen behind them.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The photos showed the Lincoln football players posing behind the counter and drive-thru window dressed in their football uniforms and helmets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Budgeted for $1.3 billion, the current cost estimate has ballooned to $2.4 billion and it’s on track to be completed three years behind schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Someone comes behind me and places their hand on my shoulder—it’s my dad.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"It is the first moment that separates our heads from our behinds."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2024
Research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests they feed their hatchlings a milk-like substance too, but from their behinds.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Nor is it necessarily true that older political leaders invariably hang on to their seats as if with what Orwell called prehensile behinds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
And sure, the students might not read it—but it’s a crucial way for faculty to cover their own behinds at grading time, or at least point to when they start to get letters.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2022
They blocked the alley so that Victor had to push past their large behinds.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
