spawn

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The trust said just 133 adult salmon were recorded returning to spawn in 2022 - the lowest figure since monitoring began in 1990.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The saga has threatened to spawn legal action and potentially halt the entire festival, which also features music, dance, theatre and other cultural events and is scheduled to begin at the end of February.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Investors have piled into a range of companies with exposure to artificial intelligence this year, helping spawn a boom in a range of speculative stocks in areas like robotics, nuclear power, and space.

From Barron's • Dec. 12, 2025

Netflix hasn’t had time to spawn such franchises itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Although sedentary in adult life, they discharge their spawn into the sea, where the young are free-living for a period of several weeks.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson