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breeding ground

noun as in animal breeding area

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In response, local authorities have begun a province-wide effort to encourage residents to eliminate standing water and reduce mosquito breeding grounds.

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This followed criticism by investors and lawmakers that such listings had become breeding grounds for scams and manipulation.

Newsrooms being breeding grounds for gallows humor, most also understand that futility is a terrific comedy catalyst.

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The president has made clear he sees top schools as hotbeds of liberal ideology and breeding grounds for anti-American sentiment.

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But it was in fact a breeding ground of artistic ferment, in which creatives grappled with what Elie calls crypto-religion, that “liminal space between belief and disbelief” that produced a wealth of thought-provoking popular art.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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