as in altering
to remove the sex organs of
desex the baby chickens destined for market
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After season one’s show-altering reveal that Sugar is an alien, his fellow alien species is exposed and harmed by the human powers that be, forcing them to retreat to their home planet.
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Doctors credit prominent voices like Oprah Winfrey and social media users for shining a light on menopause, the life-altering symptoms that some women experience and how hormone replacement therapies can help.
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Gloomy mood music Starmer, and the four leaders before him, all correctly diagnosed the UK’s perennial low growth problem and made fixing it their top priority.
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For me, this revision wasn't just about fixing what went wrong aesthetically.
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And rather than trying to be, in my view, kind of smart about how to build up a Lebanese government for the purpose of disarming and neutering Hezbollah, which is definitely in Israel’s interest, Israel has been engaged in this bombardment of Lebanon.
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That cost includes electricity costs, vaccines/spay and neutering, and staffing, Webber said.
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“Desexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desexing. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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