These people fasted for 12 hours and then underwent continuous brain scanning for 48 minutes.

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As is custom, he fasted from sunrise to sunset, having the school's trainers monitor his health and nutrition.

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The monks brewed the high-gravity beers to provide liquid nourishment while they fasted for the 40 days of Lent.

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The steep-faced cliff looming behind Jericho is where Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was then tempted by the Devil (Matthew 4:1-11).

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He fasted twice a week and, each morning after dawn prayers, studied the Koran, which he had memorized by the time he finished sixth grade.

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If you fasted yesterday, I hope it was an easy one.

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He has skydived in aid of British soldiers' families, fasted in sympathy with victims of the Israeli assault on Lebanon in 2006, chided the BBC for being soft on Islam and torn up his dog-collar in protest against atrocities in Zimbabwe.

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