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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
Casting two of the most smoldering contemporary actors on the planet clearly stacks the deck, and carries on the long tradition of pairing a dashing figure of brooding handsomeness (Laurence Olivier, Ralph Fiennes) with a breathless screen beauty (Merle Oberon, Juliette Binoche).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Their brood included seven boys and four girls, the youngest of whom was born after her father’s 1968 assassination.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
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Verb
While Robbie’s Cathy is spunky, stubborn, and independent, Elordi’s Heathcliff is brooding, desperate, and clingy.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 12 Feb. 2026
Casting two of the most smoldering contemporary actors on the planet clearly stacks the deck, and carries on the long tradition of pairing a dashing figure of brooding handsomeness (Laurence Olivier, Ralph Fiennes) with a breathless screen beauty (Merle Oberon, Juliette Binoche).
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
The hottest mess in this brood, at least from outward appearances, is Josh (Thomas Sadoski), a firefighter battling demons, pills and booze.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Their brood included seven boys and four girls, the youngest of whom was born after her father’s 1968 assassination.
—Elle Meier, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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Did this reversal come early in the process of hatching the story?—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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When pollen grains hatch on the female stigma of a flower, each pollen grain first grows a tube toward the egg, then sends a pair of tailless sperm down the tunnel.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Colossal’s researchers use it to alter the DNA of living animals so offspring express traits associated with their extinct relatives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Easier said than done when both parties leave a swarm of paparazzi in their wakes.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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For their part, Iranian officials signaled that energy facilities were on the table as swarms of its drones targeted the Shaybah oil field in Saudi Arabia, the Shah gas field southwest of Abu Dhabi and oil facilities in Fujairah.—
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Spotty insurance coverage and robust competition have spawned a marketplace where cash is king -- and prices are falling.—
CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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To Kitsui’s surprise, the jellyfish spawned every 20 hours on their own, without a specific cue.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.—
Evan Mills,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Its pro-democracy camp was never as influential as in Hong Kong, which is a former British colony that returned to China in 1997.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Those same merchants and planters were also heavily involved in the first Portuguese incursions into mainland Central Africa, which resulted in the establishment of the colony of Angola in 1575—a key lever for the slave trade’s growth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Back in Washington, lawmakers who sat alongside Rubio on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee affirmed that serious discussions were underway.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Experts have long warned that routers sit at the edge of every connected environment.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Jason Taylor, superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Park, finished up the presentation with a bevy of projects going on there.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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Thanks to Dayan’s spellbinding show, Gnoli’s cult is certainly about to gain a bevy of New Yorkers.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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