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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
The five-alarm fire currently stoked by Garrett Graham suggests that what women are really yearning for isn’t a brooding hockey stud with saturnine curls and complicated rage issues but a man who, at his core, seems to like and care about women.
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Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Doing so will bring you closer to your family and brood, which is an important foundation for your growth and development.
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Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Verb
Concern over a bold tower, characterizable as brooding.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
The five-alarm fire currently stoked by Garrett Graham suggests that what women are really yearning for isn’t a brooding hockey stud with saturnine curls and complicated rage issues but a man who, at his core, seems to like and care about women.
—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Noun
Imagine a sprawling family with nine kids, all mourning the death of the most recent addition; the brood, which recently relocated from the big city to the country on a whim, is also feeling trapped in the new house.
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Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Doing so will bring you closer to your family and brood, which is an important foundation for your growth and development.
—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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Infante said on May 13, a group of ducklings hatched on her porch and walked over to the community pool.
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The latest excitement at the nest was the birth of Sandy and Luna, and their rapid growth after hatching nearly two months ago.
Noun
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Poison dart frogs go the extra (quarter) mile Male poison dart frogs, like many other frogs, are known for transporting their offspring from land to water by carrying the tadpoles on their backs.
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Domestic animals become feral by surviving on their own in the wild and raising their offspring without help from humans.
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The Spanish Navy has carried out a successful at-sea test of the Hornet Block 1 interceptor, a new system designed to counter the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drone swarms.
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But for now, the booby seems healthy and pretty much unbothered by the swarms of people paying it a visit — one of whom is Amy Gobbini, who briefly stopped from her nearby workplace to snag a picture on her phone.
Verb
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Torres’ inaccuracy in front of goal has even spawned countless memes on Spanish-speaking social media from frustrated fans and amused neutrals.
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
Noun
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That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
Noun
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For every Founding Father looking to free the colonies from British tyranny, there was a Larry (often called Lawrence here) who suggests that sharing desserts and umbrellas should be prohibited by the Declaration of Independence.
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Many native ants have single colonies with one queen, but Asian needle ants can live in supercolonies with multiple nests and multiple queens, sharing resources and moving between nests.
Verb
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Housing sits at the center of that strategy.
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With the completion of a multi-year effort to modernize Baltimore’s rail infrastructure — raising bridges, modifying overpasses and expanding the Howard Street Tunnel to accommodate double-stack container trains — Baltimore once again sits at the center of a national rail breakthrough.
Noun
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But the seeds of a forthcoming technology paradigm shift have already begun to germinate.
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Scoop out the seeds with a spoon.
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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