spawning ground

noun

1
: a place where animals (such as fish or frogs) go to lay eggs
2
: a place where something is created or produced often in large numbers
The country is a spawning ground for terrorists.

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An hour and half to the east of Atlanta in Athens — home to no less than 11 colleges and universities, and the spawning ground of bands such as R.E.M. and the B-52’s — there’s a new studio complex, dubbed Athena Studios. Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 May 2024 Below, salmon catapult themselves upstream to return to their spawning ground as huge bears compete for fresh fish. Longreads, 12 Apr. 2024 That’s more than just the Fox crowd regurgitating the right-wing narrative of California as the spawning ground of social evils. Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024 South Fork Wind spans Cox Ledge, a spawning ground for Atlantic cod and 25 other species vital to the marine ecosystem and commercial fishing. Will Sennott, ProPublica, 18 Apr. 2023

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“Spawning ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spawning%20ground. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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