breed
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According to the World Health Organization, climate change -- through increased rainfall, temperatures and humidity -- can in some cases accelerate malaria transmission by enabling mosquitoes to breed faster.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Are religious narratives meant to spur us or breed comfort?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
“The task of eradicating the soil and conditions that breed corruption is still arduous.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
However, he noted that it’s a special breed that can handle the extremes of the test pilot job — and that it requires some serious risk management across the whole team.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
And more pandas will, hopefully, breed more pandas who will breed more pandas—increasing the chances for survival of the species through sheer numbers.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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Word Generation Science - Life Science
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Genetics - Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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