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Recent Examples of hand-feed
But the people who did the actual hands-on work of incubating the eggs and hand-feeding the chicks around the clock were a dedicated team of aviculturists and bird keepers.
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Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
But when hand-fed something yummy, the rats still liked it.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 22 May 2024
Guests can snorkel the artificial Grand Reef teeming with fish and graceful rays, spend hours floating the lazy river that winds under waterfalls, and hand-feed birds in the aviary.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Beyond the bustle of cleaning wounds and hand-feeding animals — some of the babies need to be fed every one to two hours — there’s the sheer amount of housekeeping that goes into caring for this many animals.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
According to Australia media, the couple visited the zoo for a private tour and were photographed hand-feeding a kangaroo and snapping selfies in between assorted PDA.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which showed the endangered primate being hand-fed by staff.
—Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
But when hand-fed something yummy, the rats still liked it.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 22 May 2024
Guests can snorkel the artificial Grand Reef teeming with fish and graceful rays, spend hours floating the lazy river that winds under waterfalls, and hand-feed birds in the aviary.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Beyond the bustle of cleaning wounds and hand-feeding animals — some of the babies need to be fed every one to two hours — there’s the sheer amount of housekeeping that goes into caring for this many animals.
—Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
According to Australia media, the couple visited the zoo for a private tour and were photographed hand-feeding a kangaroo and snapping selfies in between assorted PDA.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which showed the endangered primate being hand-fed by staff.
—Makiya Seminera, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-feed
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Brewer’s main complaint is that he isn’t being spoon-fed enough information on where the candidates stand on issues.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
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Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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However, they should always be given in moderation, because overfeeding your pet can lead to obesity, which causes diseases such as diabetes mellitus, arthritis, heart disease and even cancer.Maria Azzurra Volpe, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Related:Central Indiana sees higher pending home sales in August, as Fed rate cut boosts demand Indianapolis is building — a lot Downtown Indy currently has more than $9 billion in the development pipeline, which also helps fatten the coffers of the city and state through taxes.Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Sep. 2024
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Feeder cattle are young cattle that are mature enough to be fattened for slaughter.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024
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Attempts to force-feed Jokic resulted in bad-pass turnovers.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2024
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These certifications ensure the birds are not live-plucked or force-fed and are treated humanely throughout their lifecycle.Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Make America Healthy Again community, or what is essentially a Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fandom, is filled with junk science that goes as far as saying vegetables are toxic.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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The awesome power of their example fills me with optimism.Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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