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For the experiment, the researchers worked with three genetically distinct lines of fish bred in the laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
They instead often raised expectations, forced dependency and gave rise to a vision of progress that reinforced social exclusion, bred anxieties about status, and concealed the environmental costs of a culture built on consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
Aulon, 38, was born and bred here in Vlore.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Today’s hybrid corn is bred to keep its sweetness over long-distance transport.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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