crossbreed
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This is a weaker attempt to crossbreed the classic Universal monsters with contemporary anxieties: a post-pandemic lockdown lament about the impossibility of protecting children from fear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
And when distant relatives "crossbreed," this can lead to the emergence of viruses with completely new properties.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
They crossbreed different varieties to produce new ones that grow better and are more resistant to diseases.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
Hershtik learned from Sela about the world of snake handling and the two set up snake exhibits together and partnered to crossbreed the reptiles.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2022
They looked as though someone had managed to crossbreed the Joshua tree with the cypress and then persuaded the result to grow grass instead of leaves.
From Anything You Can Do ... by Randall Garrett
She also raised concerns over designer crossbreeds being bred by puppy farms, leading to bad behaviour and bad health.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create a “super pig” that’s spreading out of control.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Nine out of 10 crossbreeds that we do go nowhere, and we have no expectation when we start.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
American Eskimos, Neapolitans, French bulldogs, a Siberian husky and American Staffordshire terrier, maltipoos, poodle crossbreeds and golden retrievers were some of the dogs that took to the red carpet and won prices.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2022
Technically speaking, the great majority of the “yaks” one sees in the Himalaya are actually dzopkyo—male crossbreeds of yaks and cattle—or dzom, female crossbreeds.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
American dairy producers are continuing to expand the number of beef cattle they produce that are crossbred with dairy cows, but cattlemen have been reluctant thus far to grow their herds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
It added that when a cocker spaniel was bred with a poodle, those characteristics - combined with them having smaller crossbred offspring - could result in more problem behaviour.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Large commercial rewards have been reaped from these crossbred literary partnerships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
This evolutionary process leads to the formation of ecotypes, i.e., locally adapted "plant breeds" that differ slightly in appearance and may no longer be easily crossbred.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
They reminded me of miniature cafeteria ladies who’d been crossbred with dodo birds.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Bees in Southern California, originally from Europe, started crossbreeding with Africanized bees in the 1990s, said Orange County beekeeper Mike Henderson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
However, the initial crossbreeding that created it was done without any intervention from humans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
The researchers, hoping to learn more about the plants to better protect them from pests and climate change, found that the species emerged around 600,000 years ago through natural crossbreeding of two other coffee species.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
An alternative approach to making more babies, like crossbreeding northern and southern white rhinos, would mean the resulting calves wouldn’t be genetically pure northern white rhinos, Hildebrandt notes.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 24, 2024
We have attempted crossbreeding our somewhat squat-legged Eskimo dogs with Kentucky wolf hounds, to combine speed with endurance.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
