bred

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Both species cannot be legally imported into Australia or kept, bred or sold.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

The Cornish Cross is a type of chicken bred for the industrial food chain.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan