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Infants might also react to overfeeding or a gas-inducing food in their nursing parent’s diet.
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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
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Ms. Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
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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
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Megan Specia, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
Over the course of the trial at Manchester Crown Court, which began in October, jurors heard that Ms. Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by overfeeding them with milk and injecting them with air and insulin.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
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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
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Look at what triggers overeating and find alternatives.Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
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The next mini-segment brought the hosts to that infamous diner scene from The Sopranos series closer, as the gang snacked on onion rings before — what else?Nick Caruso, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Don't forget to drink plenty of water and try to avoid snacking irregularly.Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Overfeed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overfeed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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