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Recent Examples of hatched
For the first time in more than a century, a bald eagle chick has successfully hatched within Chicago city limits, marking what the Chicago Park District called a historic milestone for the city’s wildlife restoration efforts.
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Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 8 May 2026
However, things are looking promising for this latest brood, which hatched in March.
—Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The city of Aurora is looking for the community to help name four baby falcons that have hatched on the outside of City Hall.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
However, her origin myth, in which she was hatched from an egg laid by her mother, Leda, who had been ravished by Zeus in the guise of a swan, is plainly invention.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
However, after 28 years of conservation efforts, the first eaglet hatched without human intervention on Santa Cruz Island in 2006 — the first in over 50 years — and the population has grown since then, according to the National Park Service.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
Like us at Semafor and every other news outlet, NBC News reporters and editors seated next to our table quickly hatched coverage plans and started making calls within seconds of the shooting.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
For Ashley Ellis and her friends, the thought first hatched over wine and appetizers one night.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
The studio has set Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, LA Confidential) to write Django/Zorro for a big-screen continuation of a story that was hatched in a 7-issue crossover comic book series co-written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner and published by Dynamite Entertainment.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 8 May 2026
However, things are looking promising for this latest brood, which hatched in March.
—Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 8 May 2026
The city of Aurora is looking for the community to help name four baby falcons that have hatched on the outside of City Hall.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
However, her origin myth, in which she was hatched from an egg laid by her mother, Leda, who had been ravished by Zeus in the guise of a swan, is plainly invention.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
However, after 28 years of conservation efforts, the first eaglet hatched without human intervention on Santa Cruz Island in 2006 — the first in over 50 years — and the population has grown since then, according to the National Park Service.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
Like us at Semafor and every other news outlet, NBC News reporters and editors seated next to our table quickly hatched coverage plans and started making calls within seconds of the shooting.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
For Ashley Ellis and her friends, the thought first hatched over wine and appetizers one night.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
The studio has set Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, LA Confidential) to write Django/Zorro for a big-screen continuation of a story that was hatched in a 7-issue crossover comic book series co-written by Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner and published by Dynamite Entertainment.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
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That Serial season was downloaded more than 300 million times, and its success spawned thousands of copycats and a vast community of true-crime fans.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
4 May 2026
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The attraction also spawned the massive film franchise of the same name, starring Johnny Depp.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
Verb
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So with a limited array of third-party options to fix the problem, Monarch Collective incubated its own solution.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
7 May 2026
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And his values had been incubated in an earlier era.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
6 May 2026
Verb
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With that hearing now less than a week away, the sights and sounds of the dying mall point to the fact that it could soon be laid to rest.—
Audrey Pachuta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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After eggs are laid, most songbirds leave the nest within 30 days.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
Verb
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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 11 May. 2026.
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