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Recent Examples of overfeed
Her methods, the court concluded, included injecting premature infants with air or insulin, overfeeding them, and harming them with medical tools.
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The Week Uk, theweek, 28 July 2024
Avoid overfeeding or feeding your baby too quickly.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
Infants might also react to overfeeding or a gas-inducing food in their nursing parent’s diet.
—Kaitlin Bell, Parents, 6 Feb. 2024
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Letby killed five boys and two girls and attempted to kill another five boys and five girls in the hospital’s neonatal unit by poisoning them with insulin, injecting air into their veins or overfeeding them with milk.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
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The Week Uk, theweek, 28 July 2024
Avoid overfeeding or feeding your baby too quickly.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
Infants might also react to overfeeding or a gas-inducing food in their nursing parent’s diet.
—Kaitlin Bell, Parents, 6 Feb. 2024
During the trial, prosecutors alleged that Letby killed five boys and two girls and attempted to kill another five boys and five girls in the hospital’s neonatal unit by poisoning them with insulin, injecting air into their veins or overfeeding them with milk.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overfeed
Verb
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Chips and Snack Foods Snacks like chips and pretzels are low in calories but easy to overeat.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
28 Jan. 2025
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It has also been found that THCV in its purest form can calm the unreasonable urge to overeat while also reducing hunger cravings.—
Tribune Content Agency,
The Mercury News,
18 Nov. 2024
Verb
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As Israel gluts the present with death and destruction, the future perfect has become a means of stirring timid Americans out of indifference and into something like sympathy for Palestinian lives.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
The New Yorker,
24 June 2024
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There are small evolutions of technology and cultural attitudes, but in a TV landscape glutted by dystopias, having any optimism about life 30-ish years in the future borders on revolutionary.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
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Aim to snack on low-carb options like cucumbers, bell peppers, cheese, coconut yogurt, pecans or walnuts.—
Heather Sandison, Contributor,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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People who snack in the midmorning and afternoon may have a higher intake of fruits and vegetables and see more significant weight loss than those who snack late at night.—
Jamie Johnson,
Verywell Health,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Overfeed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overfeed. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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