Thesaurus results for BROODED

brooded

verb

past tense of brood

as in sat

to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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This fine establishment has sat at the same address in the Williamsburg Bridge's shadow since 1887, and the interiors carry about as many frills as your average public house—dark wood, plaster walls, and so on.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.

— Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024

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The collision laid bare the danger at the most volatile front of Europe’s wildfire emergency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
More’s The Real Thing—taut and metallic, expressive and immediate, unmistakably of its time and place—Pork Soda laid its ground by reducing elements until the negative space formed an architecture of its own.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of laid

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Charlie hatched at the Maryland Zoo in 1986 and lived at the Georgia Aquarium for decades.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
These plans have been hatched prior to the final one taking place in less than a month’s time and are understood to have been discussed at a recent roundtable with figures from the local sector.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026

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Hint ended up coming to life after being incubated at Montauk Capital; it’s raised $10 million, and investors include Slow Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, and Brian Kelly (aka the Points Guy—a Stewart bestie who joined yesterday).

— Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Now the company has incubated a product called Ampersand, built around what Coelho calls the central accountability gap in agentic payments.

— Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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