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breed

[breed] / brid /






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According to Forbes, the couple’s dog is a female Samoyed, a breed the American Kennel Club describes as “smart, social, mischievous dogs who demand love and attention.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

They are three of the rare breed to have managed 250 games with a single Premier League club, and Mikel Arteta is now the 10th member of that elite group.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

And, at a more fundamental level, pandemics breed conspiracy theories because someone inevitably loses.

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

In the dot-com bubble, telecom-equipment leaders like Lucent Technologies, which was spun out of AT&T in the mid-1990s, sought to court a new breed of small-time operators created following industry deregulation in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

No other breed falls outside the standard deviation.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

The family say they are working alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to remove "loopholes" from current legislation around banned dog breeds.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The sanctuary’s mission is to conserve and protect the world’s wild cat populations and, sometimes, in partnership with zoos and other humane wildlife facilities, it breeds certain species.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Bigger chicken breeds and flocks staying free of disease over the summer led to a glut in an industry that slaughters more than nine billion birds a year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Researchers have identified genes in Tibetan dogs that allow them to function in oxygen-poor conditions that would challenge breeds from lower elevations.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Emma jumped up like she sat on a tack and said, “Sir, it says, ‘Familiarity breeds contempt,’ sir.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

A younger left, as the statement says at the beginning: “We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities . . .”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

"You're born and bred and brought up with it. What do you expect? You don't know anything different."

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

But that strategy has also bred controversy, with a sponsored factory tour for a group of Western influencers in 2023 sparking a strong backlash for glossing over alleged labour violations.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Then, William Hyde, a middle-aged Black man born and bred in Nashville, looked dumbfounded—he too had been stricken by Chud.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

She was nicely bred, so Phipps decided to send her to Hard Tack’s court, along with three other mares.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

None showed signs of attempting to return to the breeding facility where they had lived.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

The lack of clear rules and norms is breeding distrust among co-workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

"Cockroaches thrive in the heat. They develop a lot quicker, so their breeding cycle speeds up drastically."

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

She is part of the European Endangered Species Programme, a coordinated breeding effort designed to help safeguard the species from extinction.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

And so, if programs for breeding domestic animals can be introduced, at least some of the remaining wildlife will have a chance.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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