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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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.

— Amanda Rosa, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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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Illmatic, Nas’ historic debut album, topped the list with eight selections, while It Was Written, his sophomore effort, spawned four tracks on the playlist.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 July 2026
The incentive is real enough that an entire industry is being spawned beneath it.

— Cody Luongo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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According to the ancient Greeks, a mighty serpent called Ophion incubated an enormous egg that hatched into the universe and all its inhabitants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Newly hatched larvae in infected animals could then mature and breed to produce even more flies within the US.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

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According to the ancient Greeks, a mighty serpent called Ophion incubated an enormous egg that hatched into the universe and all its inhabitants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated.

— Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026

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