brood
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The past has not quite closed in—he and we will be left to brood about journeys made and not made.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Then there was his promise to build her a dance studio on their massive estate; he turned it into a schoolhouse for their growing brood of children.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Farr, 56, purchased the four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom property in 2011 when she and her then-husband, Seung Yong Chung, realized the Spanish bungalow they had been living in could no longer accommodate their rapidly expanding brood.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
According to the study, "excessive heat, with maximal temperatures exceeding 40°C, can reduce colony populations by impairing the thermoregulation of brood or by exposing adults to temperatures that shorten their lifespans."
From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026
Though Harry had by no means forgotten about Black, he couldn’t brood constantly on revenge if he wanted to help Hagrid win his case against the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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