feeding ground

noun

: an area where animals feed
a favorite feeding ground for deer

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While the fall film festival season has slowly become known as the feeding ground of the film awards season (now stretching all the way until March), this year’s mad dash through Venice, Telluride, and Toronto provided that and more. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2025 This would be an ideal feeding ground for the crocodiles dwelling beneath the lake’s surface. Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 This is the feeding ground, there’s a direct link to playing for Leeds from representing your city on there. Beren Cross, New York Times, 22 May 2025 The monument is home to 54 species of coral and is a feeding ground for species including whales, dolphins, turtles and more than 10 species of shark. Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 9 May 2025 The tag had tracked Contender more than 168 miles as of Feb. 6, and revealed his current feeding ground stretches from St. Augustine, Florida, north to St. Catherine’s Island off southern Georgia. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 Monday Alaska is a rich feeding ground for humpbacks, in part because mineral-laden glacial runoff nourishes plankton blooms. Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025 These provide the filter-feeding sharks with their main food source, turning the waters into a rich feeding ground for juveniles during those months. Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024 Woman Finds Rats In Walls, Unprepared For What Happens Next By Shannon McDonagh Freelance News Reporter 1 For decades, New York City sidewalks have been notorious for their heaps of trash in plastic bags, a feeding ground for the city's relentless rat population. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024

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“Feeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding%20ground. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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