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fasts

  • present tense form
    of fast (3rd person singular).
    fast
    adjective
    moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast pain reliever;

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By one estimate, Gandhi undertook at least 15 major fasts.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

The streets were busy with shoppers who had broken their fasts ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Other recent studies on prolonged fasting have also found that the body enters a deep ketogenic state during multi day fasts, dramatically changing how cells use fuel.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

In the following years, they built a flourishing movement fighting for farmworkers’ rights, employing marches, fasts and other nonviolent protest actions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

He claims this dream to be divinely inspired, and fasts this day.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson