spawn
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Seidu equipped fishermen with GPS trackers to identify where guitarfish gather and spawn.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The area will then be made more fish-friendly by building in natural steps that will increase habitats and allow the creatures to move up and down stream and spawn.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the meantime, the quest could spawn technologies with other applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, when he was their age, young Giles, nicknamed Ripper, terrorized London by summoning hell spawn for fun.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
From her first day, Mrs. Dodds loved Nancy Bobofit and figured I was devil spawn.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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The Severn Estuary is home to huge numbers of sprats and salmon, and the twaite shad, a protected migrating species which spawns in the tributaries of the River Severn.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
There will be a backlash against local and regional businesses owned by private equity that spawns a new wave of growth in family-owned and operated businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Straight line winds result when rain and hail at high altitudes evaporate and cool the ambient air, which then plummets and, at the surface, spawns intense winds that rush outward.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
But when that fertilizer leaches into a nearby lake, it spawns lethal algae blooms, contaminates drinking water and kills plants and fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
I had thought there were many of them in the East and the Middle West, but California spawns them like herrings.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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All told, the reels have racked up more than 60 million views, and has spawned news articles, judgey online commentary, and expert advice about boundaries and food restriction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A boom in artificial intelligence has spawned the building of large data centers, while a rising stock market has increased demand for financial advice.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The case spawned in Nevada, of all places, as the local Gaming Control Board sent a cease-and-desist letter notifying Kalshi that it was violating Nevada statutes and gaming regulations.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“We’ve seen that in how #MeToo played out. That spawned litigation, but it was also a big global cultural moment,” Iyer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Salinas was surrounded and penetrated with swamps, with tule-filled ponds, and every pond spawned thousands of frogs.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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And how and why were they surviving, spawning and getting so big?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Fifth, the DNI can set priorities for technical innovations that the other agencies can’t do on their own, at least not without creating a dozen or more different approaches, spawning duplication, unfilled gaps, or both.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Punch's predicament sparked huge interest online, spawning a devoted fanbase under the hashtag #HangInTherePunch.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Backstage, she and Sean “hit it off immediately,” spawning a blossoming creative relationship that has held up since.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Electrodes in the olfactory bulbs of salmon will fire when the olfactory epithelium is exposed to water from their spawning grounds, whereas water from other streams causes no response.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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