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Definition of broodsnext
present tense third-person singular of brood
as in spawns
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop don't disturb the hen while she's brooding

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noun

plural of brood

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Recent Examples of broods
Verb
Veteran model Eva Herzigova is pictured in a sculptural skirt suit, while Liu Wen broods in a puffy leather bomber jacket. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broods
Verb
  • But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with.
    Jessa Crispin, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026
  • At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Nadella sat for a conversation with the Forum’s interim co-chair, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, explaining that if AI growth spawns solely from investment, then that could be signs of a bubble.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Spanning across more than 13,000 square miles of Northern Italy, the 2026 Winter Olympics are less of a singular experience for athletes, locals and fans, and more of several different clutches of sports occurring simultaneously with little accessibility between the events.
    Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Indeed, Ram turns out to be a kind, decent fellow with his own troubles trying to save his business from the clutches of his step-family.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Routine maintenance and upgrades to the grid were already causing households nationwide to experience sticker shock on their monthly bills.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Many households are struggling under the weight of high utility bills, and policymakers should closely examine every factor contributing to those costs.
    Carol Platt Liebau, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In desperation, Yoo hatches a chilling yet darkly logical plan.
    Robert Lang, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
  • In the holiday rom-com, a single mother (Alexandra Breckenridge) hatches a scheme to dress up as an old man and get a job at an upscale ski resort to snag her daughter discount snowboard lessons.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Best of all is the installation-style curation, with paintings surrounded by clusters of artifacts from the same period.
    Clodagh Kinsella, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Sweet alyssum has clusters of flowers with a honey fragrance, and pollinators adore it.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The neighborhood/area Nestled along Pinney's Beach, the property sits just minutes from museums, plantation homes, and historic churches dating to the 1600s.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Originally built as vacation homes in 1973, Muralla Roja (also known as the Red Wall) was meant to bring tourists to the seaside town of Calpe, which sits between Valencia and Alicante.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The design can scale to larger swarms.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Bodies were found throughout the building, some stacked on top of one another, with swarms of bugs and decomposition fluid covering the floors, investigators said.
    Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • There was blood spatter on her front stoop, and the blood turned out to be hers.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The social media star, who studied biomedical engineering, also gleefully unveiled the math behind an ocean of synthetic blood — two pumps running for eight hours at 190 gallons per minute.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026

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“Broods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broods. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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