nest
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As curlews like to nest on farmland, Parker praised the farming community for being "really supportive" of conservation efforts.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Hitching a paycheck, benefits and future nest egg to the exact same company violates the golden rule of finance: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then the power of compound returns will grow it into a huge after-tax retirement nest egg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
By the Labor Department’s own math, 1% in additional fees can shrink someone’s nest egg at retirement by 28%.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
His russet beard was a bird’s nest tangle; one cheek was pulled downwards by an ugly scar, and whatever had bitten him had taken off one ear.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The team have been "headstarting" the birds, Perkins explained, by taking in eggs from wild nests and incubating and raising them in specially-constructed pens.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But it is surrounded by a record 700 other ground nests due to a project set up to protect the threatened species 40 years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was found in the spring; wasps don’t make nests in the winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
According to a new study published in Royal Society Open Science, ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets in the fossilized jaws as tiny nests for their offspring.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
They came to a slope where the Forest floor was bumpy with the waist-high nests of wood-ants.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The pair have nested at Careys Secret Garden since 2022.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Shortly after, a pair of eagles nested on the north side, bolstering Big Bear Valley’s role as vital habitat for the birds of prey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
And in the center was a new set of nested boxes, inscribed with a splendid floral design.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
Yet there’s a turducken of ironies nesting in the response to Mr. Trump’s firings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Its master, Mike Rands, said: "We have actually got birds nesting in one of our boxes for the first time this year so we will watch this space with great excitement."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It now has 20 swift nest boxes, with 24 nesting chambers and recently added a live camera feed, external enabling people to look inside some of the nests.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Others have raised environmental concerns over colonies of common swifts nesting in the park.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
At one end the loft was blocked off by roofing slates and old nesting materials.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
