fertile

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Senescence happens whether or not the eggs are fertile and can’t be stopped by relocating the eggs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Food stocks provide fertile ground for this exercise.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Ukrainians have for centuries been mostly an agrarian nation, plowing fertile black soils and relying on neighbors for physical and spiritual succor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Vermont, where I teach political science, did not look like fertile ground for Jackson when he first ran for president.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

Written accounts of earlier expeditions motivated later ones, by describing the wealth and fertile lands awaiting the conquerors.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond