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Recent Examples of hatched
Meanwhile, a young, party-loving event planner named Bronson van Wyck heard about the secret Oscar lane and hatched a plan.
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Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
On the surface, the forms resemble a series of boxes, hatched bands, grids, and diamonds.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Mar. 2026
The chicks hatched during the first week of February and joined the 19 members of the colony at Adventure Aquarium.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The chick hatched just over an hour later.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Every edge is hard, every shadow is hatched; colors are kept to a minimum, but those which are deployed make a formidable impact.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The journey of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die was eight years from conception to ultimate big-screen transformation, first hatched by The Invention of Lying co-director and scribe Matthew Robinson as a 26-page TV pilot called Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Overlooking the white-sand beaches on the Florida Panhandle, Jon Sumrall and Buster Faulkner first hatched their plan to resurrect the Gators.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
The plan was hatched by the White House and an impatient Trump last summer.
—David M. Drucker, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
On the surface, the forms resemble a series of boxes, hatched bands, grids, and diamonds.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Mar. 2026
The chicks hatched during the first week of February and joined the 19 members of the colony at Adventure Aquarium.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
The chick hatched just over an hour later.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Every edge is hard, every shadow is hatched; colors are kept to a minimum, but those which are deployed make a formidable impact.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The journey of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die was eight years from conception to ultimate big-screen transformation, first hatched by The Invention of Lying co-director and scribe Matthew Robinson as a 26-page TV pilot called Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
Overlooking the white-sand beaches on the Florida Panhandle, Jon Sumrall and Buster Faulkner first hatched their plan to resurrect the Gators.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
The plan was hatched by the White House and an impatient Trump last summer.
—David M. Drucker, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
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At least 13 tornadoes were spun up by powerful storms crossing the United States between March 5 and 7, including a Michigan storm that spawned four deadly twisters on March 6.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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The sword-and-sorcery title grossed over $68M worldwide, coming to be appreciated as a cult classic, and spawned the sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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While only American citizens (and immigrants with green cards) can contribute to federal PACs, foreign companies set up PACs to collect contributions from their American employees with no limits on foreign donations to our education systems, where policies are incubated and young minds are shaped.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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So precarious is the species’ survival that the eggs were exchanged for fake replacements while the real ones were incubated indoors.—
Charlotte Graham-McLay,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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Four young men were accused of the killings, but more than 30 years later, DNA and ballistic evidence laid the blame squarely on the late Robert Eugene Brashers.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Haja Cedano will soon be laid to rest.—
Terell Bailey,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 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
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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 13 Mar. 2026.
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