offspring
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It’s the result of an organic movement that saw immigrants and their offspring reaching across the border in greater numbers, searching, some said, for acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow’s offspring, Sandy and sibling Luna, hatched in April, and millions watched as they hatched.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
The litany hails him as the renowned offspring of David, who handed Christ a king’s lineage and a contested throne, and calls him the terror of demons and the model of artisans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
His offspring could not only eat on their own but also defend themselves.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
It sticks out like a sore thumb among the Camden Yards offsprings that followed.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Internal fertilization leads to more genetic variations and increases the survival rates of offsprings.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In effect, Aristotle was supposing that the younger offsprings were from a litter which was the result of the second pregnancy.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 27, 2011
Toys R Us' "Fabulous 15" top picks includes Monster High dolls, offsprings to famous monster characters, and Hasbro's Cuponk, a game that challenges players to master ball-and-cup tricks using a wall.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2010
All such schemes are offsprings of an ambitious imagination.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
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