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Earlier that morning, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei published a flattering bulletin placing Schmitt atop the speculative short list to be Vice President JD Vance’s 2028 running mate, quoting admirers of the senator.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

He’s a partial owner of the canned yerba mate brand Mateina, but he “loves it without bias.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

His commanding officer praised Major Wilks as "a man of great intellect, yet he remained a mate to those he served with".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

He had angered viewers by declaring his love for all three of the finalists and left the show without a mate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

By the time he finished, with a last plug for John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, the crowd was on its feet and roaring, the applause booming in the rafters.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Behind the crosshatched front grille lives a well-tempered, turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and permanent all-wheel drive, including a digitally controlled limited-slip differential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

However, “beyond that there are vague fears that the AI providers would either be directly competitive or be mated with other solutions to imitate Palantir.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

They first mated in 2018 and had their first eaglet Simba the following year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026

For most species once they've mated and their fledglings have left they sing less and focus on surviving the cold months.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

“I’m not the only one wondering what it would look like if a rat and an aardvark mated, right?”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Bird calls are one of the most sophisticated forms of sound-based communication in the natural world, and significant changes can interfere with, among other things, their mating success.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

It was mating season for the sperm whales.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Adult cuttlefish typically die after breeding so each mating season is crucial for the species' future, but in recent months, just 440 eggs have been counted, instead of the millions that are usually laid.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

For four-day periods every year from March to August, legions of small, silver fish called grunion ride the waves ashore for mating rituals, beginning on the nights of the full and new moons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Lindsey said, “Let it out, let it out,” and then Colin said, “But I can't, because if I let it out it'll sound like a bullfrog's mating call,” and everyone, including Colin, laughed.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green