Example Sentences

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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

Still, scientists have had only a limited understanding of exactly how the body responds during longer fasts.

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

Nat fasts for 20 hours a day, to improve his mental clarity, he says.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

As she carved, she thought about her mother’s crazy diets: Juice fasts.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray