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• There are a few telltale signs that your dog may need to be put on a diet.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2022
• Roscoe was on a diet of soft foods (only three teeth left).
  — Noelle Mateer, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
• They’ve been put on a diet of fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, cooked meat and raw fish.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
• Disney is going on a diet — but Hulu is still on the menu.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 May 2023
• Disney is going on a diet — but Hulu is still on the menu.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 10 May 2023
• Weight loss may not be as simple as going on a diet or spending more time at the gym.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
• Your feline friend cannot be maintained on a diet of only dog food, though.
  — Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022
• Native to Brazil, marmosets subsist on a diet of insects and the gum or sap from trees, experts say.
  — Mitchell Willetts The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Semi-wild black pigs grow fat on a diet of acorns dropped by the forests of cork oaks across the southern Alentejo region.
  — Paul Ames, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• The solution to cleaning up your daily diet is not to go back on a diet.
  — Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Aug. 2024
• Some of Boback’s boas had been caught in the wild, but others had been reared in captivity and had always lived on a diet of dead rats.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
• She and her co-workers were forced to live in a cramped apartment for nearly three months, subsisting on a diet of rice and soy sauce.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• These birds typically weigh between 13 and 26 pounds and live on a diet of fish, squid and crustaceans.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2022
• Anyone who’s been on a diet can likely relate: Those first lost pounds are met with a sense of euphoria.
  — Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
• Nautiluses feed on a diet of small fish, crustaceans and carrion.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
• Your first thought is to go on a diet, but as quickly as that enters your mind the ghosts of a hundred diets past return ... along with all the frustration.
  — Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Aug. 2024
• In addition, long naps reduce the body's ability to lose fat on a diet, Garaulet has shown.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• The charging case has also been on a diet and is now 40% smaller than its predecessor.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• Meanwhile, many also expressed their sadness over the dog being on a diet.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
• Graham, who boxed as a teenager, spent six months getting into shape on a diet of chicken, rice, eggs and broccoli.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
• How to set up a spending diet plan The easiest way to put your spending on a diet is often to create a budget.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024
• Eat a balanced diet: Focus on a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins.
  — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 6 Jan. 2025
• That might explain why some people struggle to lose weight through lifestyle changes, or why others regain weight lost on a diet.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Having been on a diet and developed a rigid, black-and-white mindset around eating (this food is bad, this food is bad) can also be a risk factor.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• Or did the obese dictator of the world’s most isolated country finally decide to go on a diet?
  — New York Times, 29 June 2021
• Think of it as going on a diet and replacing bad habits with healthier ones to give our weary eyes some much needed downtime from tech.
  — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
• Our favorite teenage cannibals will have to go on a diet after Friday.
  — Vulture, 26 May 2023
• No one was going to put her on a diet.
  — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
• The state of Ohio plans to put close to 2 miles of Reading Road on a diet.
  — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Jan. 2026
• David Otto’s family owned a steakhouse, and the would-be music agent grew up on a diet of red meat.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026