snack
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Suggested actions will pop up automatically for certain items: Snap a snack or dish to see its nutritional value; snap a receipt to calculate how to split the bill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
While it’s probably a good idea to try and rely a bit less heavily on packaged snack foods, there’s no major danger from allowing your tiny humans to have their regular packet of fish-shaped crackers.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Roses are placed on the tables where supporters nibbled from snack plates, hugged, all smiles, and sipped from glasses of sparkling wine or beer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was no meal service; instead, you picked from a snack basket like you find in Delta’s Comfort Plus seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I smiled finally and then went to the kitchen for my favorite snack: a banana dipped in melted chocolate chips.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
Besides the eaten snacks and some outdoor pots that broke during the burglar’s attempted escape, Rowley said nothing was stolen and there was no damage to the home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
PepsiCo this year slashed prices on snacks like Doritos, Tostitos and Cheetos by up to 15% after customers complained that they were too expensive.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Retatrutide powders are slipping through U.S. customs in large boxes falsely labeled as consumer goods, like snacks or T-shirts, supply-chain experts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Three products contained some amount of chemicals called phthalates, but the CR testing only found nanograms of the stuff in those snacks.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I heard you have snacks up there. So...”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
He even snacked on caviar with friends and colleagues on a chartered jet to San Antonio to watch Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
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
Guests snacked on canapés and hors d’oeuvres before proceeding upstairs for the main course.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
As he pulled an almond off a tree and snacked on it, he said he would prefer to see farmland preserved for growing healthy food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
They snacked on milk and cookies on the lawn while the martial arts instructor reported on their progress.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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
Chicks Luna and Sandy were seen safe and sound Sunday morning around 6 a.m. on the popular livestream nest cam aimed at their Big Bear pine tree, snacking on fish in the family aerie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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
Other humans, like Mariana Aidar, president of the animal-welfare nonprofit Projeto CAPA—the woman presently holding out the sugarcane to the capybara snacking away on the riverbank—are fighting for their capybara neighbors to survive.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
My mouth goes dry, like I’m snacking on cotton.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
