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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Mariette Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2026
Nor is he connected to the brooding himbo Ben Reilly, voiced by Andy Samberg in the latter of those films (though the association is amusing considering Samberg once did a dead-on Cage impression on Saturday Night Live).
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
To prevent the queen from moving upward, beekeepers often place a screen called an excluder between the brood chambers and honey supers.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Verb
The brooding vibe leans heavily into nightclub territory, with a nightly DJ spinning deep house to a sophisticated crowd.
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Mariette Williams,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 May 2026
Nor is he connected to the brooding himbo Ben Reilly, voiced by Andy Samberg in the latter of those films (though the association is amusing considering Samberg once did a dead-on Cage impression on Saturday Night Live).
—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Noun
Burke’s heroine, Natalie, is a trad wife with a large internet following, fundamentalist Christian convictions, a brood of cherubic children, a working farm, and a penchant for handcrafting items that could be purchased at the drugstore.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
To prevent the queen from moving upward, beekeepers often place a screen called an excluder between the brood chambers and honey supers.
—
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
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These treatments prevent new fleas from hatching, stop larvae from molting and prevent juvenile fleas from becoming blood-sucking adults.
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The chicks, born to piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket, emerged from their nest near Montrose Pier under the watchful eyes of volunteer bird monitors, who spent sunup to sundown waiting to confirm all four eggs had successfully hatched.
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Poison dart frogs go the extra (quarter) mile Male poison dart frogs, like many other frogs, are known for transporting their offspring from land to water by carrying the tadpoles on their backs.
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Domestic animals become feral by surviving on their own in the wild and raising their offspring without help from humans.
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The Spanish Navy has carried out a successful at-sea test of the Hornet Block 1 interceptor, a new system designed to counter the growing threat posed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drone swarms.
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But for now, the booby seems healthy and pretty much unbothered by the swarms of people paying it a visit — one of whom is Amy Gobbini, who briefly stopped from her nearby workplace to snag a picture on her phone.
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Torres’ inaccuracy in front of goal has even spawned countless memes on Spanish-speaking social media from frustrated fans and amused neutrals.
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
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That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.
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Palladino hopes more creative exposures to bees will also encourage others to protect their vital colonies.
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Nuisance complaint If someone were to lodge a nuisance complaint about a cat colony, the first thing the department would offer is deterrents, Knicely said.
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Housing sits at the center of that strategy.
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With the completion of a multi-year effort to modernize Baltimore’s rail infrastructure — raising bridges, modifying overpasses and expanding the Howard Street Tunnel to accommodate double-stack container trains — Baltimore once again sits at the center of a national rail breakthrough.
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But the seeds of a forthcoming technology paradigm shift have already begun to germinate.
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Scoop out the seeds with a spoon.
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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