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as in raised
to bring to maturity through care and education
watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young
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as in erected
to fix in an upright position
it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing
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as in built
to form by putting together parts or materials
the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years
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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse
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Recent Examples of reared
The issue reared its head when Netflix nearly bought WBD, which would have led to questions over just how many movies were being taken straight to streaming.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
And then, weeks later, the inflation side of the Fed’s mandate reared its ugly head.
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Any cubs not claimed by their mothers are hand-reared and cared for at a rescue, so no leopard is left behind.
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Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Finally, the Crabb brothers took the court as both the family competition and second wave of the Florida rivalry reared their heads.
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Ava Dicecca,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Trouble quietly reared its head a few minutes into the third quarter, when Wembanyama shut off a Mikel Bridges drive and confusion began to percolate.
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Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Those emotions reared their head as the Cowboys lost in double overtime to Iowa State, leaving the door open for a very controversial rematch between LSU and Alabama in the BCS Championship Game.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Shom reared back and struck out the next batter, keeping the score tied.
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Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
Bost and her husband are raising two daughters in Calhoun, the same small river town dominated by the region’s multibillion-dollar carpet industry where she was reared.
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Dylan Jackson,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
And then, weeks later, the inflation side of the Fed’s mandate reared its ugly head.
—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Any cubs not claimed by their mothers are hand-reared and cared for at a rescue, so no leopard is left behind.
—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
Finally, the Crabb brothers took the court as both the family competition and second wave of the Florida rivalry reared their heads.
—
Ava Dicecca,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Trouble quietly reared its head a few minutes into the third quarter, when Wembanyama shut off a Mikel Bridges drive and confusion began to percolate.
—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Those emotions reared their head as the Cowboys lost in double overtime to Iowa State, leaving the door open for a very controversial rematch between LSU and Alabama in the BCS Championship Game.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Shom reared back and struck out the next batter, keeping the score tied.
—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
4 June 2026
Bost and her husband are raising two daughters in Calhoun, the same small river town dominated by the region’s multibillion-dollar carpet industry where she was reared.
—
Dylan Jackson,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reared
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The loss threatened the summer learning session, but on Sunday, the community stepped up at an impromptu fundraiser that raised spirits and funds.
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He was raised in Tiberias and Eilat, outside Israel’s traditional centers of power and influence.
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Raead, a contractor from Tarqumiyah, erected high-rise buildings in Israel for twelve years.
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Police erected roadblocks on all major highways around Nairobi, blocking motorists from accessing the city.
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Although Edwards said to transform MSG into a wedding would take more than a week, Swift could treat it like the Eras Tour where the set was built and constructed for rehearsals at Rock Lititz in Pennsylvania.
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Bahr built a genuinely ambitious event out of limited resources.
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Instead, her popularity grew steadily before exploding during her breakthrough run to the Miami Open semifinals as a wild card last spring.
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More than 120 campers and rafters were evacuated from a stretch of the Colorado River over the weekend of June 27 as one of more than a dozen large wildfires grew rapidly in the West.
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The rash was much milder in mice bred with defective itch-sensing nerve cells.
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More than 20 dogs and puppies have been rescued after officers shut down a Statesville dog fighting kennel where men bred, trained, sold and tied up pit bull type dogs and posted about it on Facebook.
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Haiti’s first was well constructed.
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Once the model is built, it can be used to take a scene constructed by artists and tweak it, making the physics look realistic — not by modeling the physics, but by guessing at them based on absorbing an incredibly large dataset of real-world footage.
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These crucial soft skills, highly valued by employers, are cultivated through real-world experience rather than academic transcripts.
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By empowering skin care professionals with the tools, knowledge and support to specialize in acne, Face Reality has cultivated a network of skin care providers who act as both advocates and extensions of the brand.
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With more games together, James eventually fostered better chemistry with Dončić and Reaves.
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The virtual oar-yanking celebration in a baseball atmosphere was one of those weird juxtapositions that seem to get fostered whenever a World Cup fanbase descends upon a host city.
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