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a place or environment that favors the development of something
unwashed skin is a breeding ground for bacteria
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Recent Examples of breeding grounds
These incidents have many travelers asking if cruises are breeding grounds for illnesses and germs?
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Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
Shower heads are breeding grounds for mold because of the constant moisture, humidity, and minerals that are found in some water supplies.
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Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
Anyone who’s ever done ballet will know that many studios are breeding grounds for body image issues.
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Refinery29 Staff,
Refinery29,
12 Nov. 2025
Miller argues that universities are breeding grounds for ideological intolerance, laying blame on Marxist ideas.
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Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.
—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
Shower heads are breeding grounds for mold because of the constant moisture, humidity, and minerals that are found in some water supplies.
—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
19 Feb. 2026
Anyone who’s ever done ballet will know that many studios are breeding grounds for body image issues.
—
Refinery29 Staff,
Refinery29,
12 Nov. 2025
Miller argues that universities are breeding grounds for ideological intolerance, laying blame on Marxist ideas.
—
Mitch Picasso , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding grounds
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Lahore is the capital of Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province, where many parents send their children to private tutoring centers in the afternoon and evening.
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Kennard could have provided a critical floor-spacing piece around Doncic, who thrives when surrounded by lob-catching centers, athletic wings and knockdown shooters.
Noun
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To discourage them from building nests in your lawn, fill in any bare patches with grass seed or other plants and fertilize regularly.
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Most bird nests are legally protected, so if eggs or chicks are present, leave the nest undisturbed until the birds move on.
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Because its founders, the Faro family, built a small empire in Sicily from an ornamental plant business that grew into one of the largest Mediterranean plant nurseries in Europe, exporting more than 5,000 varieties to 60 countries.
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Production nurseries are limited in which plants can be dug during the summer season.
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India leads the way population-wise, but other South Asian countries, as well as Great Britain and Commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand, are also cricket hotbeds.
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Although several players moved around as kids, their hometowns are concentrated in some American soccer hotbeds — especially in the Northeast.
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“Breeding grounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20grounds. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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