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 And no contemporary actor can actually claim the same descent as Helen, who hatched from a swan’s egg. Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 In a rare instance, the pair was hatched from two eggs in the same breeding season, marking a first for the North American population of echidnas. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 July 2026 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, 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 Once hatched, the larvae burrow into the host and feed on its internal organs. Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026 Busy season begins as only bird rescue source Baby bird season has hit the rescue particularly hard this year with the influx of fresh birds being hatched with nowhere to go. Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026 In 2025, Jackie laid three eggs that all hatched in early March. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 The zoo has been working with the species for more than three decades, and, in collaboration with a number of conservation partners, has hatched and released a total of 80 Louisiana pine snakes to the wild so far this year. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
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  • It was supposed to be a heartwarming tale of triumph, but its making has spawned a saga of its own.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • That outbreak spawned nearly two dozen tornadoes statewide and is remembered as the fifth-largest outbreak in state history.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 21 July 2026
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  • Now the company has incubated a product called Ampersand, built around what Coelho calls the central accountability gap in agentic payments.
    Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • 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
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  • Leandro Erlich, Bâtiment, 2004, a building facade laid flat beneath a mirror suspended at a 45-degree angle, 930 x 806 x 1445 cm.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • President Woodrow Wilson was re-elected the year that pipe was laid, and the Germans attacked the French in the World War I Battle of Verdun, with the death toll topping 700,000.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
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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 28 Jul. 2026.

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