broods 1 of 2

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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broods

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noun

plural of brood

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Recent Examples of broods
Noun
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
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Verb
  • Army recruitment crisis spawns 'future soldier' course In 2022, as years of shortfall in recruiting numbers compounded into a crisis, the Army test-launched the Future Soldier prep course, a boot camp-style program to quickly pull up recruits who don't meet academic or physical standards.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Another factor to keep in mind is whether a conversation is lengthy within itself, versus a conversation that spawns multiple disparate chats.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To be unable to keep him from Liverpool’s clutches three years later was a stark illustration of 21st-century football reality.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Wednesday first tries to save Pugsley from Isaac’s clutches by positioning Thing out of sight, ready to shoot.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And if the job market cools further, that means less money in the pockets of American households — and less spending to support more hiring.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The Tax Policy Center estimated that about 13% of households with children will benefit from the credit when the changes go into effect, roughly the same share as before the law was passed.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Homeless after impulsively signing herself out of the institution, Maria Angeles hatches a plan to squat in secret in her beloved apartment.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • News of Coward’s impending attendance, spread by the area’s servants, results in a triumphant event in which Coward not only sings a song but also, upon hearing of Mary’s divorce, hatches the plot for Private Lives.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of forming evenly in all directions, the clusters grew unevenly, faster in some directions than others.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Break up the plantings of shrubs with clusters of attractive evergreen trees.
    Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The detector, weighing 1,000 tons and as tall as a two-story house, sits where RHIC’s two beams meet.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Their vehicle sits at a gas station a quarter-mile from their home, and not all of them were killed.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Getty Images Warmer temperatures in the English Channel, where the Paluel plant draws from, mean that conditions for jellyfish reproduction are far easier, and there are more swarms present in the water to potentially disrupt the energy network.
    Theo Burman Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The image portrays a man battling over food scraps with swarms of flies indifferent to their invasion of his territory.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The 50-year-old Hazard resident, dressed in a black Harley Davidson T-shirt, was called to an exam room, where a health worker drew a blood sample as part of her treatment for diabetes and the neuropathic pain that accompanies it.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Insulin is necessary to escort glucose into the cells, and without insulin, glucose remains in the blood.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025

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