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as in hatch
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as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
Dexter went from sheltered son of a doctor to brooding child hipster who left home early to tour with big bands.
—Celina Pereira, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Her brood includes peacocks, chickens, goats, horses, donkeys, and a new rescue rabbit named Bugsy who’s a bit standoffish.
—Emily Elias, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2026
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Verb
But Duckart sets himself apart from his brooding contemporaries with sheer intensity, never diffusing vulnerable moments with a quip or an ironically upbeat chorus.
—Hannah Jocelyn, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
Dexter went from sheltered son of a doctor to brooding child hipster who left home early to tour with big bands.
—Celina Pereira, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
Madonna's brood of six includes Lourdes Leon, with ex Carlos Leon, and Rocco Ritchie, David Banda and Mercy James with ex-husband Guy Ritchie, as well as the twin girls the Queen of Pop adopted from Malawi in 2017, Estere and Stella.
—Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Her brood includes peacocks, chickens, goats, horses, donkeys, and a new rescue rabbit named Bugsy who’s a bit standoffish.
—Emily Elias, Vogue, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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But now, with a new idea hatched, will Republicans finally remember their conservative roots?—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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But after being tipped off by Roxana, Roper hatched a plan to use two different planes, sending the empty plane to the authorities and the real plane to the Colombian militants in the jungle.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In real life, the rising talent is the offspring of Norwegian performers Pia Tjelta and Kyrre Haugen Sydness.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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With the siblings and in-laws and various inbred offsprings dismissed, these moors are lonelier than ever, making the action both easier to follow than in the original novel and easier to buy.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The design can scale to larger swarms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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Last night, at Esdeekid’s New York debut, a swarm of twentysomething fans recited every word of the rising artist’s still-brief discography.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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With the Epstein story approaching the 10-year mark as a global preoccupation, this nth phase of the intrigue, largely prompted by fallout from the Department of Justice’s July proclamation that there were no further criminal charges in the works, has spawned a potent cottage industry.—
Dan Adler,
Vanity Fair,
14 Feb. 2026
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The five nights of the trio’s Vanguard booking spawned two live recordings considered among the greatest jazz albums of all time.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Throughout his rise to power and reign, actually, rumors constantly swirled about Hitler’s romantic partners and possible progeny.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
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Advocates of our robot future have similarly mundane plans for our mechanical progeny.—
James Vincent,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Expanding the Species’ Footprint A central part of that recovery effort has been the strategic establishment of new colonies to ensure the species is not confined to a single location — a vulnerability that could prove catastrophic in the event of disease, wildfire or other disaster.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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For the past decade, Mia Mottley has steered Barbados from a former British colony that ditched the monarchy to a republic championing climate financing and debt reform for small island-states.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The only sitting justice who is older than Alito is Thomas, who is among the longest-serving justices in history.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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There was a young woman sitting across the aisle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Durbin and Marcelo Mayer will get reps at second, as the Red Sox begin to assess infield roles for a bevy of candidates.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Even after trading Kai-Wei Teng to the Houston Astros, the Giants have a bevy of young starters in Hayden Birdsong, Blade Tidwell, Carson Whisenhunt and Trevor McDonald.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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