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snack

[snak] / snæk /


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A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In addition to its namesake Pepsi soft drinks, the company has a broad snack portfolio that includes chips like Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

I had gone from making Super Bowl ads to snack bags and I was struggling to find the glory in any of it.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

The snack, it turns out, is meant for us to share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“When Beefy took his hat, the Uncle must’ve sensed he was powerful, and the perfect snack for the Nightbeast,” said Seven.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

There will be snacks, drinks, live music, kid crafts, a bouncy house, a handful of actors in Shakespearean garb and scads of neighbors being neighborly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ultra-processed foods include products such as packaged snacks, fast food, sugary drinks, and other industrially manufactured foods.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Back in Matla, Bamita's mother speaks about the child who would ask for money for snacks, play with her sister and run inside whenever cars approached because vehicles frightened her.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sales across Conagra’s grocery and snacks segment decreased 2.6%, as lower sales volumes more than offset higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The night before, while my parents were watching TV, I snuck into the kitchen to make snacks.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

Research group Circana says that last year 48.8% of consumers snacked three or more times a day, up 2.7 percentage points over 2024.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

In between pulls, she snacked on freeze-dried duck liver bits and got a massage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Guests snacked on canapés and hors d’oeuvres before proceeding upstairs for the main course.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025

Your diet may also play a role in whether you get snacked on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Out in the fields, where he weeded and harvested from August to October, he snacked on corn, cabbage, and other vegetables.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

I’m like the Thai, who eat eight meals a day, snacking throughout the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Add to this the sugar-hit snacking that keeps some shift workers going overnight and it makes for an extremely unhealthy cocktail.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The Covid-19 pandemic had supercharged America’s snacking habit: Some 70% of consumers were eating at least two per day, Smucker said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The new CEO has set out to streamline Nestlé’s portfolio around coffee, snacking, nutrition, and pet care, believing all four segments can deliver high-single-digit revenue growth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

He strapped him into a muzzle to stop his snacking.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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