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Other studies have found that signals from your gut microbiome could influence why there always seems to be room for Christmas pud.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025 Lovely little villages with little model versions of themselves and cosy pubs and shops that sell only brollies (umbrellas) or jumpers (sweaters) or puds (desserts) are twee.—
L.m.,
The Economist,
6 June 2019