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When the estrogen hormone declines during perimenopause, the body’s insulin sensitivity decreases, too, which affects overall metabolism.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
13 Feb. 2026 -
But the price sensitivity of consumers for weight loss drugs remains a big unknown, which makes greater volumes and more access points important.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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The language is infused with intensity, lust and earthy rudeness: Climbs have names like Fingerbang Princess and Tinkerbell Bandersnatch.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Dissatisfaction isn’t rudeness or ingratitude.—
David Williamson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2026
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Instead, an arcane academic skirmish has devolved into open hostilities.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fox News Digital reviewed internal Signal chat messages from Seattle-area rapid response groups showing that the rejection of whistles triggered open hostility.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Their competitiveness should resemble animosity, and Glenn should draw their ire.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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At a moment when there’s really just more animosity than probably in our life, maybe since Benedict Arnold days, between the US and Canada.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Add the pathetic reality that Illinois is the very definition of unfriendliness for business development and job creation, and the only thing Pritzker and his accomplices can campaign on is the vilification of Trump, facts be damned.—
Paul Miller,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Images accompanied by verbal descriptions of their generosity and kindness resulted in higher scores of facial attractiveness than when the same images were accompanied by negative traits like selfishness and unfriendliness.—
Sable Yong,
TIME,
28 June 2024
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Welch and Sullivan dismiss concerns that their antagonism toward some Democrats is helpful to Trump, arguing that unscripted moments, even the spicier ones, are just what their side needs.—
Rachel Monroe,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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Trump could either amp up the antagonism or claim to have pulled off a brilliant America First deal—though neither approach would, or should, put the Minnesota mess behind him completely.—
Chris Smith,
Vanity Fair,
29 Jan. 2026
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Fanning the flames of the drama was the mutual antipathy between the couples.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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The stability in the Wing’s leadership comes as much of the theater industry – in New York and across the country – continues to grapple with the fallout of the Covid pandemic and shutdown, rising production costs and the Trump Administration’s antipathy towards government arts funding.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2026
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The framers did not distribute war powers this way out of procedural fussiness.—
Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Flu can impact children differently and present more general symptoms like irritability and general fussiness, or ear and stomach pain.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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