hatching

present participle of hatch
as in spawning
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 hatching Or can incubate one to the point of hatching? Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 After hatching, the larvae eat the living flesh. Dave Wessner, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 But from behind bars, Vann is accused of hatching a plan to try to kill three of the key individuals involved in his case. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 Kate admits she's got her eyes on the VP's seat and accuses Penn of hatching a terrorist plot, according to Tudum. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 Yeah, so July, when the Challenge was going on, is when nests are hatching. Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025 After hatching from the egg and finding her uniform, the raven was invited onto the court by the Valkyries’ dance team. Andrew Zeng, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025 Kids learn to count all the way to a hundred with this 10-minute video that follows tiny tadpoles hatching in a pond. Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 5 Aug. 2025
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  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.
    Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025
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  • During the more than two-hour conversation, Swift and Kelce spoke candidly while sitting side-by-side, providing rare insights into their relationship.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The music created, in a packed living room, a sense of anticipation, like each of us was sitting at the highest point of a roller coaster, admiring the clouds for minutes at a time before being flung back to earth.
    Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • According to the study authors, early horse keepers unknowingly promoted the rise of ZFPM1 by selecting less aggressive, more manageable animals, laying the foundation for domestication.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Blessit laying outside in the grass and sitting on her back legs.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Hatching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatching. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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