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- some people say that honest politicians are a rare breed
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- rabbits will breed very frequently unless they're kept separated
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- he was bred to a life in the military by his father, himself an army captain
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- this habit of favoring one employee over the others will breed resentment
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- clamps down (on),
- cracks down (on),
- crushes,
- dampens,
- puts down,
- quashes,
- quells,
- represses,
- smothers,
- squashes,
- squelches,
- stifles,
- subdues,
- suppresses
- cans
- [slang],
- kills,
- snuffs (out),
- stills
- cats breeding outside our window made a horrible racket last night
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- parents who breed in their children a deep respect for people of all classes
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“Breeds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeds. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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