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In addition to painting, Porter was a capable poet and a paragon of that almost-vanished breed: the talented artist-critic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

SoFi Stadium is among the overwhelming majority of World Cup venues using sod-on-plastic, the breed of grass varying depending on climate and other factors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The ban was brought in after the UK government said the breed had been "disproportionately involved" in deaths recorded since 2021.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Different social networks also breed different usage patterns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

They had to be a special kind and a special breed.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Dogs raised for eating were often large breeds like Nureongi, also known as the Korean Yellow Spitz.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

But when you have a microclimate kind of culture feeding in toxic behavior and rewarding toxic behavior over and over again, it breeds it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Danielle said she feared people could be complacent around other breeds that are not banned.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

A measure introduced to help reduce the number of dog attacks was adding the XL bully to the list of banned breeds, following a series of fatal attacks.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

As new Malthusian limits were imposed—diseases, famines, parasites—new breeds gained a stronghold, and the population shifted again.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Civic leaders and business owners say the city’s natural appeal and decades of good fortune bred complacency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Low diversity is often seen in isolated groups or in animals that have been selectively bred.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

For decades, the U.S. has maintained a program in which these flies are bred in a lab, bathed in sterilizing radiation and released around Panama, which prevents the insect from creeping northward.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Raducanu's run to the Queen's final bred confidence and increased optimism she could have a successful Wimbledon, where she reached the fourth round in 2021 and 2024.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

Our corn, or maize, has been bred for ten thousand generations to be more tasty and nutritious than its scrawny ancestors; indeed, it is so changed that it cannot even reproduce without human intervention.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Such patterns can emerge naturally, but they can also result from human management or selective breeding.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

The best way to prevent infection is to stop mosquitoes from breeding around your home and avoid getting bit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

As a result, selling animals to lock in high profits has become a bigger focus compared with retaining breeding cows to replenish herds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

At the end of last year, South Korea announced it would ban the breeding and possession of bears and the extraction of their bile.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The selective breeding of the strongest, smartest, “fittest” humans—unnatural selection—Galton imagined, could achieve over just a few decades what nature had been attempting for eons.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee