sow the seeds
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“AI hype and exuberant financial markets” could sow the seeds of instability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
And that is starting to sow the seeds of a late spring retreat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
“It would sow the seeds, effectively, of the demise of dollar dominance,” said Ray Attrill, head of foreign-exchange strategy at National Australia Bank in Sydney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
Mr Kumar now employs about 200 local women who sow the seeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024
Latrines are merely one of the many places where we accidentally sow the seeds of wild plants that we eat.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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