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 In the wake of Satterfield's death, her family found themselves in a legal saga with Alex who had hatched a moneymaking scheme. Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 It was hatched toward the end of the 16th century, when Spain had been on a century-long winning streak of divine luck and ruthless efficiency. Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025 The Great Park idea was hatched two-plus decades ago amid grandiose promises. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025 According to Alameda County Sheriff’s investigators, the plot was hatched last year when Wilson-Rogers was behind bars for a commercial burglary. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 So in February of 2016, days after Denver lifted its third Vince Lombardi Trophy, the idea that had been hatched during training camp months earlier came to life. Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 OpenAI hatched a partnership with AMD to give Sam Altman’s company up to a 10% stake while the chipmaker rolls out a series of GPUs over multiple years for the ChatGPT AI leader. John Melloy, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025 The Russian jeweler’s most celebrated female designer, Alma Theresia Pihl, hatched the ethereal concept while her uncle, workmaster Albert Holmström, executed the exquisite craftsmanship. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025 The condors were hatched and raised at the Oregon Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, part of an ongoing captive breeding program. John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Other events in the secondary season include the November 2018 tornado outbreak which spawned at least 10 tornadoes throughout Middle Tennessee, killing one person and injuring three others.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The film spawned a divisive sequel — which was also directed by Dante, but not written by Columbus.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
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  • Revolutionary violence as political theater The years of the American Revolution were incubated in violence.
    Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
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  • His story and downfall laid the groundwork for later financial scandals like Enron and Bernie Madoff.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Developers laid the first foundation stone for the museum in 2002 but construction did not begin until 2005.
    Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 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 7 Nov. 2025.

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