spawns

present tense third-person singular of spawn

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of spawns But the software wrapped around it reinserts the objective on every turn, stores progress to a file, spawns subagents, retries on failure, and keeps going until a verifier says the task is done. Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The average female lionfish spawns around 27,000 eggs every three days, so unsurprisingly, the species quickly spread throughout the Caribbean, up the East Coast and east to the Bahamas. Rachel Nuwer, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026 The coupling that El Niño spawns between the atmosphere and the warmer water along the Equator tends to create sinking winds over the Atlantic that disrupt cloud formations that could otherwise become hurricanes. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 May 2026 Hating cops also spawns ridiculous protests, like the ones that called for police to be defunded. Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 The energy of the collision spawns many new particles, including—sometimes—W bosons. Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026 But reading the profile of Mohamad Eisa and Yolka Gessen left me with a kind of dread, the kind that comes when a spin-off from a hit show spawns a spin-off of its own, promising/threatening hundreds of new hours of content to keep up with. Jessa Crispin, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026 At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Nadella sat for a conversation with the Forum’s interim co-chair, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, explaining that if AI growth spawns solely from investment, then that could be signs of a bubble. Jake Angelo, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026 The rare night in Hollywood bringing together movie and TV stars often spawns some of the most intriguing celebrity interactions. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spawns
Verb
  • House races Craig's Senate candidacy creates an opening in the Second Congressional District, which Republicans have long wanted to flip.
    Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Experts warn this creates critical geopolitical chokepoints, threatening a Chinese monopoly on the global copper concentrate trade.
    Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, the condition causes a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of the heart.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Ordinarily, the subtle tilt in the moon's orbit causes its shadow to pass just below, or above our planet, missing it entirely.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Each of those also generates four to six other jobs in construction, retail and local services, according to Washington State analyses.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Sekkouri said the industry has attracted around $100 million in investment and generates more than $1 billion in annual revenue in the country.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The latter is a very eccentric and memorable fighter who always brings tons of energy into the Octagon.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Tony Dalton brings impressive menace to a superficially affable sheriff, and Laura Donnelly strikes the perfect balance between femme fatale and innocent love interest.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This variant prompts the body to keep churning out Klotho at high levels, regardless of chronological age.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Warmer water naturally carries less oxygen, which prompts corals to move their cilia faster and faster, as if gasping for breath.
    Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • However, unlike poison ivy, Virginia creeper plants typically produce five leaflets, while poison ivy only ever produces three.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The company, now called Vantor, produces imagery that can document troop movements on the battlefield, show stockpiles of weapons, and provide a window into damage after an attack.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026

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