1
as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Disneyland adds new show scenes during Haunted Mansion makeover
The new storyline turns the attic bride from an axe murderer who beheads her wealthy husbands for their fortunes into a brooding bride mourning the loss of her husbands and filled with the overwhelming dread of lost love.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Climate change was expected to drive American lobsters to seek deeper waters, beavers to colonize new parts of Canada, and wolf spiders in the high Arctic to produce a second annual brood.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Yu Ting Yuan, the hotel's flagship restaurant, offers diners a contrasting tenor with its dark, brooding interior splashed with gold and blood red, fresh flower sprays of pussywillow, orchids, and amaryllis, and soaring ceilings.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Disneyland adds new show scenes during Haunted Mansion makeover
The new storyline turns the attic bride from an axe murderer who beheads her wealthy husbands for their fortunes into a brooding bride mourning the loss of her husbands and filled with the overwhelming dread of lost love.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
People get past these painful experiences by staying busy and not allowing themselves time to brood.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Climate change was expected to drive American lobsters to seek deeper waters, beavers to colonize new parts of Canada, and wolf spiders in the high Arctic to produce a second annual brood.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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Amid bird flu, a legendary L.A. deli hatches an egg surcharge Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant in Westlake last week began charging customers 50 cents more per egg ordered.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Modine’s rep was equally puzzled by the claim, but knowing that Kubrick worked out of the same studio as Harold Becker’s Vision Quest, the duo hatched a plan to have Warner Bros. and Becker send a print to Kubrick.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As a result, half the offspring of each breeding pair will inherit the supergene, and half will not.—
Donna L. Maney,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2025
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At the time, Congress did not debate whether offspring of people in the country illegally were guaranteed citizenship.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The swarm is the most significant since the sleeping giant last erupted in 2014.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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In addition to large-scale data theft, economic disruption, and intelligence breaches, quantum computers could be used for malicious purposes such as simulating and synthesizing chemical weapons or optimizing the flight trajectories of a swarm of drones.—
Charina Chou,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Its anime adaptation has captivated audiences worldwide, spawning films, games, merchandise and even Kabuki performances.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Muskies are also more willing to migrate long distances, both for spawning and hunting purposes.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The flag still lacks any representation of our Illiniwek and Miami heritage, which should be added by their progeny.—
Brad Weisenstein,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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The hope, of course, is that the joyous moments outweigh the headaches and that on some lizard-brain level, this early exposure will pay off someday, helping to shape the great people that our progeny will eventually become.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The Palace of Fine Arts: • In 1921, the German colony of Mexico City gave a monument — a monument to Beethoven: • Outside the National Museum of Art, King Charles IV of Spain (1748–1819) rides: • Itzcoatl, too, was a king, in the 1400s.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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Spain ceded sovereignty over its Philippine colony after its defeat in the Spanish-American War in 1898.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Relli had spent several days testifying at the trial, including sitting for a contentious cross-examination by Tacopina.—
Jonathan Abrams,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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The bigger screen sizes each sit on two flat, narrow feet that are dark gray metal.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Armed with some relatively easy-to-find cap space and a bevy of draft picks, while also balancing their in-house free agents in 2026, what moves will the Bills make?—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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But a rocky pilot notwithstanding, season 1 introduced a bounty of long-running jokes that would continue to be developed over the course of the show — see: The Rural Juror — plus a bevy of phenomenal guest stars.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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