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Eat Smaller, More Frequent Meals Eating larger meals packed with fiber can be more difficult for the digestive tract to break down, and increases the likelihood of gas and bloating.—
Pamela Assid Woughter,
Verywell Health,
25 Feb. 2026 -
This increases processing costs and reduces the effectiveness and efficiency of the recycling program.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Its Trailpeak tent is still slim and ultralight but offers more living space by flipping to the side to open up a cube-like base camp that maximizes headroom and interior volume.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Feb. 2026
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According to the researchers at Zhejiang University in China, this new device maximizes lithium yield from seawater while simultaneously desalinating water.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle's weight can push water out of the way.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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The snowpack that builds up over the winter in the Sierra Nevada slowly melts to feed rivers and reservoirs through the spring and summer.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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The arena announcer further pumps up the audience.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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This version of tomato salad pumps up flavorful heirloom tomatoes with strips of sweet roasted bell pepper and crunchy roasted black-eyed peas, which are the perfect little Southern croutons.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2025
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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HoloRadar augments the safety of autonomous robots by complementing existing sensors rather than replacing them.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Feb. 2026
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That ups the pressure heading into Thursday's free skate, which makes up the other half of their overall score.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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Throw in the background of the South in post-World War II and that ups the segregation and racial divide.—
Oline Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2026
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Alarm over health harms accelerates Concern over the risks of flame retardants, heavy metals, pesticides and endocrine-disrupting chemicals that mimic hormones in the body has been growing as more studies point to serious health impacts.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
26 Feb. 2026
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As this trend accelerates, Imax becomes an increasingly valuable player.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Illiteracy is a challenge that compounds over time.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Each strike compounds previous damage.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Bumps (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumps%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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