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breed

[breed] / brid /






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But a celebrity must continue to sell, and that tension can breed incredibly adverse effects for everyone involved.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

I asked Hanna to break down the new breed of live shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The coastal village of Onna -- home to the Okinawa science institute -- has been spearheading efforts since 1999 to breed corals and transplant them into the sea.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

He also is part of a dying breed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

When Fair Knightess’s racing days were over, Howard wanted to breed her to Seabiscuit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Researchers have identified genes in Tibetan dogs that allow them to function in oxygen-poor conditions that would challenge breeds from lower elevations.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Now she breeds her own yaks on 120 acres of pasture, foothills and mesa tops high in bucolic Ridgway, about 290 miles west of Denver.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Large dogs die sooner than small ones, and Loyal’s theory is that breeding dogs to be very large has left some breeds with persistently high levels of IGF-1.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

"What we should be doing is educating people on responsible ownership of all dogs, all breeds."

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The creation of new breeds of magical creature is, of course, an activity usually closely observed by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Unlike cows, Garner said, yaks have not had all their wildness bred out of them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

To investigate how defects in this gene might cause disc disease, researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Bristol studied zebrafish bred without a functioning copy of it.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

The mosquitoes that bred in settlements eventually evolved a preference for blood meals from their human neighbors, who were now the most available food source.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

At this rainforest-like indoor farm, where creatures such as coral, tropical fish and sea cucumbers inhabit different aquariums, Kinjo bred "miracle coral" with extra resistance to warmer water.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

She had been born here, bred here, she knew it all, she belonged here more than I should ever do.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Female cats begin breeding when the weather starts to get warmer, according to Michelson Found Animals, an animal welfare nonprofit funded by surgeon and philanthropist Dr. Gary K. Michelson.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

It might be those ploughshare tortoises, 75 of which were stolen from a successful Madagascar breeding facility in 1996, rendering them virtually extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Those ships also carried supplies of fresh water for the monthslong voyage, stored in barrels fit for mosquito breeding.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Large dogs die sooner than small ones, and Loyal’s theory is that breeding dogs to be very large has left some breeds with persistently high levels of IGF-1.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In conversation with a Daily Prophet reporter last month, he admitted breeding creatures he has dubbed “Blast-Ended Skrewts,” highly dangerous crosses between manti- cores and fire-crabs.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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