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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
The point is, Darcy is archetypically tall and brooding.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
Alec Baldwin's 12-year-old daughter Carmen roasted him Friday, as his big brood celebrated the actor's 68th birthday.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Some scholars say one brooding figure is Michelangelo.
—Martha Teichner, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
The point is, Darcy is archetypically tall and brooding.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
Yesterday's [podcast] was on interspecific brood parasites.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2026
Alec Baldwin's 12-year-old daughter Carmen roasted him Friday, as his big brood celebrated the actor's 68th birthday.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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However, after 28 years of conservation efforts, the first eaglet hatched without human intervention on Santa Cruz Island in 2006 — the first in over 50 years — and the population has grown since then, according to the National Park Service.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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FalconCam viewers can expect the first signs of hatching between May 29 and May 31.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
29 Apr. 2026
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In October 2024, Lun Lun, Yang Yang, and their two youngest offspring returned to China.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Her offspring hatch the next year.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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Ceija Stojka’s small paintings at the Drawing Center swarm with such harrowing incident that viewers may not spot the mystery in the bottom right corner of many of her canvases.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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If the swarm enters your home or other structure such as a shed, contact a professional pest control or beekeeper immediately to eliminate the nest.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Those observations have spawned about 23,000 research papers written by nearly 29,000 astronomers in total worldwide, and about 1,100 of those papers were written in 2025 alone.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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However, plans for a security fence there spawned dueling lawsuits between the Shapiros and a neighbor over who rightfully owns a sliver of land abutting the two properties.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In the final battle against Papa Bowser and his progeny, Mario and Peach leap over the giant King Koopa on the lava bridge and send him tumbling into the molten river below.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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To match the progeny of the pros, ambitious kids like Ken had to work extra hard.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The queen-worthy new hive, hand-crafted by a local Virginia artisan in the image of the White House, will add two new bee colonies to the property's existing two.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The new hive will add two new bee colonies to the two current existing colonies producing honey, the White House says, with thousands of bees increasing honey production by about 30 pounds a year.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Most evenings, Mohamed Ismail would sit at his local ‘ahwa, one of the small, no-frills coffee shops that are the cornerstone of social life in Cairo.—
Mirette Magdy,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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While Corcoran’s take sits well outside the norms of good personal finance advice, her experience is perhaps unusual.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Who might the Bills have interest in with their bevy of Day 3 picks?—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Minnesota, meanwhile, seems to have a bevy of options available to get the job done.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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