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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
From a coming-of-age comedy about growing up in the early aughts to a brooding horror story based on real-life events in 18th-century Austria, there were plenty of worthy titles that flew under the radar this year.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
But Seyfried’s animal brood goes beyond the typical household pet.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Verb
In this festive flick, Sierra glides through the slopes of romance under the hospitality of a brooding lodge owner (Chord Overstreet) and his charming daughter (Olivia Perez).
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
From a coming-of-age comedy about growing up in the early aughts to a brooding horror story based on real-life events in 18th-century Austria, there were plenty of worthy titles that flew under the radar this year.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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While the tech billionaire and The Masked Singer host are both known for their accomplishments — Musk for being the richest man in the world, Cannon for his comedic chops — their respective broods have often made just as many headlines as their talents.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
But Seyfried’s animal brood goes beyond the typical household pet.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
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Ice protects fish eggs by suppressing winds and waves that can stir up the sediment, reducing the number of fish that hatch in the spring.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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But Lively says this was hatched by a PR team hired by Baldoni.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Now, as the country ponders a return to the 2016-2020 period, when Mathews’ ideological offspring ran riot from Oregon to Washington, DC, his saga is getting marquee billing.Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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The offspring of Lawrence and Murphy began dating in 2021 and were engaged just last month, sharing the romantic moment on social media.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The game tells the story of a future Earth long after catastrophe—in the form of an autonomous robotic swarm—has ruined the planet.Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024
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These new bots swarm websites not to catalog content but to feed that content to AI, a technology that threatens to replace search as the default means of online discovery (and does so by digesting and regurgitating the content in a monstrous, unciteable form).Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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Almost a decade later, and the desire to prevent the resultant impact on women’s careers, confidence and mental health has spawned copious research, revealing that over 54,000 pregnant women a year lose their job and 390,000 working mums experience negative treatment from their employers.Lauren Coulman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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The 2020 movie spawned two sequels, 365 Days: This Day and The Next 365 Days.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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He was succeeded by Rin-Tin-Tin Jr., the dog's actual progeny who starred in 14 films in the 1930s, mainly Westerns.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
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The custom-residential markets of Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Virginia each share in the distinction of being mostly concerned with country- and suburban-specific renovation and restoration, specifically of Colonial and Colonial Revival prototypes and their progeny.Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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In recent years, longtime Williamsburg licensee Adelphi Paper Hangings has recreated many of the colony’s original wallpapers, including Everard Damask and Everard Medallion–pieces of which were discovered at Williamsburg’s historic Thomas Everard House, built in 1718.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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During the Seven Years’ War, which spanned 1756 to 1763, the British recruited enslaved and free Black men from the colonies to fill their ranks.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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But sitting between them and the Panthers are five teams with 3-12 records, all from the AFC: New England, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Cleveland and Las Vegas.Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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Learning to sit with and really feel those urges will pay off in the long run too.Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Retail and Wholesale Products Group saw a 10% increase in net sales to $79.5 million, largely due to new crystal cat litter products and stronger demand for co-packaged cat litter.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
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People in Hartford seem to have more cats than dogs, so cat litter is also huge for us.Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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