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Recent Examples of overfeedThe case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.—Megan Specia, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025 Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.—Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024 However, they should always be given in moderation, because overfeeding your pet can lead to obesity, which causes diseases such as diabetes mellitus, arthritis, heart disease and even cancer.—Maria Azzurra Volpe, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 The goal is steady feeding without overfeeding, which can damage the tree.—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for overfeed
Yet the train of military vehicles that appeared was remarkably tame, a cavalcade of superannuated weapons platforms serving as a reminder of the degree to which the military-industrial complex, glutted with money and pampered by Congress, has run out of new ideas.
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Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Thanks to builder strategies, shifting home designs and a new construction glut the trend has flipped.
But snack hot spots such as CVS or liquor stores may have entire racks devoted to the category.
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Jolene Thym,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
My mother-in-law serves cowboy candy every holiday over a block of cream cheese (think pepper jelly but with a tiny bit more heat), but some folks like to snack on them as is.
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