nest
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Under the Secure 2.0 legislation passed by Congress in 2022, people aged 60 to 63 who participate in workplace retirement plans can now contribute extra funds to their nest egg, up to $11,250.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Russian matryoshka doll, a painted wooden vessel in which five to seven generations nest one inside the other, impersonates eternity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
“A few are shellshocked because they spent the majority of their nest eggs to be here, and don’t know how or where they’ll live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Before September, the farthest known northern nest was approximately 700 miles south of Orange County in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Babs makes me a nest on the couch.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Federal biologists made a last-minute decision to relocate the eggs to the aquarium on Sept. 29, after forecasters predicted that high tides would swamp the nests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
They also recognize the many economic contributions of the lower-earning spouse and are designed to treat a marriage not as two separate entities building two independent nests, but as a lifelong partnership.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Bird's nest fungi resemble miniature nests complete with tiny eggs, while the rare red cage fungus forms a vivid crimson lattice structure.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In a typical day’s work, El Charro will cover half of the building’s exterior, methodically searching for hot spots and pointing Ford staff to nests that are later removed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Most youngsters begin to make their own night nests when their baby brothers or sisters are born.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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It was walking distance from the subway and had a lovely if nonfunctional fireplace, and when the baby bunnies nested in our herb garden, I thought, Yes.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Below, on a plain white plate, sat the actual dish: shrimp nested in crisp cups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Having nested together for eight years, Jackie and Shadow raised numerous chicks and bonded by restoring their nest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Watch for clues when the storyline we’re watching becomes its own nested narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Eagles nested in the heights and came down to hunt the valleys, circling effortlessly on great blue-grey wings that seemed almost part of the sky.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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But an extreme marine heat wave and a strong El Niño have pushed southern California water temperatures closer to those of the turtles’ typical nesting grounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The protective fencing around the nesting ground was washed away in high tides earlier this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
But the black-tailed godwit has now been spotted in her wetlands --the only recorded Italian nesting site.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
"It's sort of like Russian nesting dolls because you have grog within grog within grog. You can trace this back several generations of pots," Wallis said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Evidently there were nesting holes in the sheer face below them, for as the light grew they saw three or four martins dart out over the stream and away into the fields beyond.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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