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That combination has bred a cycle of fear that asset managers have found difficult to break.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Critics once argued that capitalism bred poverty and squalor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

I don’t think they started off that way, but the culture just bred them to become this way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The juice was made using tomatoes specially bred to contain elevated levels of lycopene and was fortified with soy isoflavone extract.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

According to the Interbreeding Theory, when Sapiens spread into Neanderthal lands, Sapiens bred with Neanderthals until the two populations merged.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari