breed
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Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice to live, hunt and breed and their chicks can perish if they fall in freezing water before developing waterproof feathers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
At home with a new breed of African art collectors who incorporate its stately exoticism into decor from midcentury design to more formal period looks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
This latter stance can breed an idleness that, as we’ve now seen, ensures it may not happen at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Now that we have another breed of computer, Connes told me he’s “extremely positive” about AI’s progress in math.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Charlie Valentine had ordered his chickens thinking they were a special breed that laid blue eggs.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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Certain breeds are predisposed to heart or orthopedic issues, for example, that can be expensive to treat.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The family say they are working alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to remove "loopholes" from current legislation around banned dog breeds.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The sanctuary’s mission is to conserve and protect the world’s wild cat populations and, sometimes, in partnership with zoos and other humane wildlife facilities, it breeds certain species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
A rise in flock sizes, larger breeds and steady beef demand have contributed to a poultry surplus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wrinkling her nose at the sudden smell, the assassin walked past cages and stalls filled with dogs of many different breeds.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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A younger left, as the statement says at the beginning: “We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities . . .”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Ferrari is my heart," says Thomas, who is Monza born and bred, to BBC Sport at the circuit on Friday.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The mice were then bred for two successive generations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
But that strategy has also bred controversy, with a sponsored factory tour for a group of Western influencers in 2023 sparking a strong backlash for glossing over alleged labour violations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
While most of my experience had been with sturdier breeds, bred to pull rather than to race, I knew how to cover ground quickly when I needed to.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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She added: "We'll keep breeding them and then hopefully we'll eventually then release them into the wild and help wild populations."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
And in that humidity, mosquitoes were breeding — and biting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The new work represents a consensus built from whole-genome sequences of 64 penguins collected from 10 breeding colonies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
It’s a solution on a scale that only America could contemplate: launching an American Herd Rebuilding Program to increase the number and productivity of breeding females significantly by mixing in elements of the Australian herd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
“Dorian is more inclined to associate with ladies of better breeding and beauty.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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