hatched

past tense of hatch
as in spawned
to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop the mallards and geese have begun hatching in their nests down by the pond

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Recent Examples of hatched An escape plan is hatched, leading to a breaking of factions, betrayals, and a shocking confrontation. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025 The idea to have Cindy Brady mimic the Poor Little Rich Girl star was first hatched in The Brady Bunch’s first season, when Olsen had just turned 8 years old. Mark Gray, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Nagelkerken was not involved in the latest research but was part of a 2022 study, based on a different shark species hatched in tanks with various pH levels, that found that sharks’ teeth were relatively resistant to ocean acidification. Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025 Once hatched, the turtles find their way to the ocean via the downward slope of the beach and the reflections of the moon and stars on the water. Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 Because returning veterans had strained the university’s resources, a plan was hatched to create cinder block dorm rooms in the stadium’s vast interior. Randy Mason august 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025 Only after Beckham caught his eye was a plan hatched between the pair. Max Mathews, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025 Thirteen had successfully hatched before the storm but only two nests now remain viable after Erin's impact. ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025 Grandma Mary Catherine is believed to have hatched in 1961. Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • The history of trade associations in the United States is deeply connected to the evolution of American business, especially intertwined with the impact of an industrializing economy and the array of regulations those industries spawned.
    Eric Reicin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Survivor’s debut in 2000 marked a turning point in reality television innovation; afterward, many copycats spawned, inspired by the complexity of the gameplay.
    Hannah Berman August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Both birds attend the nest, which consists of 4 to 8 eggs that are incubated for about a month.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Over the last eight years, the Canadian Wildlife Federation has incubated more than 6,000 eggs from a variety of turtle species, Seburn said.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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  • The pregnant widow of Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Bradley Reckling stood at a podium last year and laid the blame for her husband’s death, at least in part, on a judge.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • This laid back set from Brixton would match perfectly with the Cinnamon Apple Indica Gummies from Chill Country Cannabis.
    Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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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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“Hatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatched. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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