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In many cases, people who regained weight returned to a body composition similar to where they started, rather than ending up in worse condition.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

The show opened with a recap of that song - before the competition started in earnest with Denmark's Søren Torpegaard Lund.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

But since the war started, only three ships with LNG have passed through the crucial waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

When threats didn’t work, the commission in 2024 slapped Levy with a cease-and-desist order, which started the process of full-blown enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

So we started off Thursday morning spelling each other down.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck