reared

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When the eggs hatch, the birds are then reared to point of fledge.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Patel’s instinct to use force to fix his reputation reared its head again with the girlfriend scandal.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

For now, February’s retail figures stand as a snapshot of an economy that was briefly gathering strength, before war reared its head.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But then love and marriage reared its head and Burden’s story took a dark turn, which she chronicles with a keen forensic eye in her buzzy new memoir, “Strangers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The horse reared up, and Pinmei clung to Yishan, her braid whipping into the air.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin