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Recent Examples of hatched
Infante said on May 13, a group of ducklings hatched on her porch and walked over to the community pool.
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Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The attack happened just days after the commission reported its Barn Owl Live Cam had gained an international following, with more than 62,000 watching in April as the first of six eggs hatched in real time.
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Mark Price
june 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
Khalil trained a generation of volunteers in ecological conservation, protecting the Mediterranean coastline and the endangered sea turtles that travel hundreds of miles to return to the same beaches where they were hatched to lay their eggs.
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Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 June 2026
These shells broke before they could be hatched and the species' population plummeted.
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Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Stopping, Bernal joined the crowd and saw one of the baby falcons that had recently hatched outside City Hall, Hope, stuck in the river and being pushed by the current toward a wall, the city said in a news release.
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Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
After their first egg of 2026 was snatched by Ravens, Jackie laid two more eggs that hatched in April and will likely fledge from the nest in July.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
The escape plan was hatched with the help of Neil.
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Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
When an egg hatched, the tiny chick wasn’t naked.
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Byerik Stokstad,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The attack happened just days after the commission reported its Barn Owl Live Cam had gained an international following, with more than 62,000 watching in April as the first of six eggs hatched in real time.
—
Mark Price
june 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
Khalil trained a generation of volunteers in ecological conservation, protecting the Mediterranean coastline and the endangered sea turtles that travel hundreds of miles to return to the same beaches where they were hatched to lay their eggs.
—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
21 June 2026
These shells broke before they could be hatched and the species' population plummeted.
—
Madeline Gunderson,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Stopping, Bernal joined the crowd and saw one of the baby falcons that had recently hatched outside City Hall, Hope, stuck in the river and being pushed by the current toward a wall, the city said in a news release.
—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
After their first egg of 2026 was snatched by Ravens, Jackie laid two more eggs that hatched in April and will likely fledge from the nest in July.
—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
The escape plan was hatched with the help of Neil.
—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
When an egg hatched, the tiny chick wasn’t naked.
—
Byerik Stokstad,
science.org,
20 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
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Torres’ inaccuracy in front of goal has even spawned countless memes on Spanish-speaking social media from frustrated fans and amused neutrals.
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Ferocious winds spawned tornadoes that hit Downers Grove and Mount Prospect, but warning sirens in the communities remained silent.
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Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated.
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The collaboration comes after Ephea was incubated by Kering’s Material Innovation Lab in Milan, which identifies, evolves, and helps to operationalize hundreds of alternative materials, with the hope of embedding them into brand collections.
Verb
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The resulting fireball laid waste to the surrounding facility, and erupted in a burst with a glow visible more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away.
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That laid the foundations for his championship-leading breakout season in 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.
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.
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