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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In brooding spoken word, Cole Haden portrays his identity as vampiric, fueled by his obsessions—both intimate and parasocial—with others.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
From the sidelines, an indefatigably kind and patient nurse (Fisayo Akinade) observes these fractious family dynamics with a rueful twinkle, gently counseling the dying matriarch as to how to bring her brood back together.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
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Everything is lit up, glowing, brooding with antic calamity.
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In any case, a 50–50 ratio of females to males in a brood isn’t necessarily the goal.
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Such actions dramatically reduce the chance that this plot was hatched in a total administrative vacuum.—
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These are twin creatures that, once hatched, will interact with each other.—
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Across the hallway from Atlantis Kids Adventures is The Gamers Reef, a classic arcade with everything from Pac-Man to driving games, which may appeal to parents (especially those raised in the ’80s) even more than their offspring.—
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In pitting his offspring against each other in a battle for the family empire Rupert Murdoch became part of a tale as old as time… A tale well told in Gabe Sherman’s Bonfire of the Murdochs.—
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The city is in a valley, so nearly every building has a view—on this January morning, of fires dotting the hills and little, loud aircraft flying in all directions, like a mosquito swarm on a hot night.—
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The 236-foot former drug-runner ship Hilma Hooker offers one of the most impressive wreck dives in the region, though the vertical walls at The Cliff, vibrant reefs at Sweet Dreams, and swarms of sealife at Salt Pier are just as unforgettable.—
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In the newsletter era, each and every publication spawns a community unto itself.—
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The mayor’s roots from his mother’s side is from post-independent India while his father’s side goes back to undivided British India, an entity that spawned three separate countries in the post war era including two, India and Pakistan, that have been continually at war since their birth.—
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Advocates of our robot future have similarly mundane plans for our mechanical progeny.—
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Oscar winner and Captain Marvel herself Brie Larson will voice Rosalina, while Uncut Gems director and Happy Gilmore 2 actor Benny Safdie will voice Bowser's progeny.—
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The apparent goal is to turn Venezuela into a de facto colony for the financial benefit of a few.—
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That's the thing that could happen in a different age where there were a lot of colonial powers and Greenland was a colony at that time and there were British colonies all over Africa.—
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Olathe’s trajectory mirrors what’s happening across Johnson County — which saw more than 90% of the homes go up in value in 2024, with the average home prices sitting at $508,000 and average sale price at $557,000.—
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Jacob Elordi stopped by DiCaprio’s table to say hello, as Patricia Arquette found Mia Goth in the crowd for a hug and Chalamet made a quiet arrival and sat next to his Marty Supreme co-star Odessa A'Zion.—
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This spectacular convergence of talent has always produced a bevy of memorable fashion moments, with the red carpet looks combining the refinement of the Academy Awards and the carefree freshness of the Emmys.—
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In addition to the referendum campaign, opponents have filed a bevy of lawsuits to block the map from taking effect ahead of the 2026 election.—
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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