harbored

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When the trees of the Singer Tract were at last clear-cut beginning in 1937, however, the wolves it had harbored were shot on sight, as they were when the leases of other refuges expired.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The quest for superintelligence, which Hassabis had harbored since his teenage years, would soon go into overdrive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

This confirms fears that Iran has harbored for weeks or months.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Grace had harbored ambitions of succeeding her husband but was sidelined by Mnangagwa's supporters.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

It harbored, in the crook of its inner curve, a particular shell that could be found nowhere else on the beach.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath