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nests

noun

plural of nest

as in centers

a place or environment that favors the development of something suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments

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as in hideouts

a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation

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Recent Examples of nests The ants can also be pests by creating bare patches around their nests. —

Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 May 2026 During this time of year, egg-bearing females travel across land, often crossing roads, in search of suitable locations to dig nests and lay eggs. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026 Most bird nests are protected under a federal law that prohibits destroying inhabited nests or taking eggs and chicks. —

Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 According to Sharif, ospreys often take fishing lines and similar materials to their nests and can become tangled in them. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026 Altmann also recommends families keep food sealed and dispose of trash properly when camping; avoid sleeping in spaces with visible rodent activity; seal holes or gaps in homes, garages, and cabins where mice can enter; and teach kids not to touch rodents, nests or droppings. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026 Health officials say people can also encounter hantavirus risk while handling firewood, working in rodent-prone outdoor areas or disturbing rodent nests and burrows. —

Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026 The birds are known to leave their eggs in other females’ nests—outsourcing the parenting of the young to another bird. —

Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 May 2026 The hawksbill, loggerhead, and green sea turtles still come to Curaçao to lay their eggs, but the leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle species, no longer nests on the island. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026

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That fear, in 2026, centers on how rapid information exchange and artificial intelligence are reshaping human thought into something collective and homogenized.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2026
The late Pope Francis famously stayed away from the big European centers of Christianity during his 12-year pontificate, preferring instead to visit small Catholic communities far from Rome.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 May 2026