incubate
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We’ve watched it incubate in this country since Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Fecal samples from the children were exposed to several levels of BPA and allowed to incubate for 3 days.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024
Kingfishers incubate typically five to seven eggs for about three weeks, and once the eggs have hatched the kingfishers will spend around four weeks raising the chicks.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024
They love hot, dry conditions, but they need the occasional downpour to moisten the soil in which they incubate their eggs.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024
The shells of her eggs would be thin and eventually smash when she tried to incubate them.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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