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Recent Examples of hand-feedBilly and Michelle Mouw’s family farm has been hand-feeding their chickens and providing fresh eggs for 32 years.—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025 Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.—Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 But the people who did the actual hands-on work of incubating the eggs and hand-feeding the chicks around the clock were a dedicated team of aviculturists and bird keepers.—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024 But when hand-fed something yummy, the rats still liked it.—Celia Ford, Vox, 22 May 2024 Guests can snorkel the artificial Grand Reef teeming with fish and graceful rays, spend hours floating the lazy river that winds under waterfalls, and hand-feed birds in the aviary.—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024 Beyond the bustle of cleaning wounds and hand-feeding animals — some of the babies need to be fed every one to two hours — there’s the sheer amount of housekeeping that goes into caring for this many animals.—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024 According to Australia media, the couple visited the zoo for a private tour and were photographed hand-feeding a kangaroo and snapping selfies in between assorted PDA.—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.
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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.
However, the grim force-feeding situation becomes the last straw for Natalie, who seems to be the only Yellowjacket left with any sort of internal moral compass.
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Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Rich whispered as the boat crew force-fed me pita bread.
The Open Position Was Merged With An Existing Job
An open job is posted to fill a vacancy due to promotions, turnover, new departments, exponential business growth, or a new expertise required to support the business.
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Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Ukraine would be ready to fill any vacant space in the EU and NATO if Hungary chooses to vacate it in favour of membership in the CIS or CSTO.
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