Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whelped
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The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Iraq became proof that the model would work across the region, with Hezbollah serially midwifing the proxies that Iran sired.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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Anhedönia’s earliest exposure to contemporary culture came in the form of the true-crime serials her grandmother loved, which kindled her own interest in the macabre.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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Gino the gorilla, a 27-year resident of the of the Florida theme park, was an opening-day animal and fathered 14 baby gorillas throughout his life.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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Scientists have previously been able to culture primordial germ cells, or PGCs, of chickens and geese, a technique that has been used to create a chicken fathered by a duck.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Labradors are often more energetic and bred for hunting, retrieving, and service work, whereas goldens are prized for their patience, friendliness, and trainability.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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That is to say, more chickens are bred and butchered each year than there are alive at this very moment in time.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the firm’s audacious announcement has generated immediate excitement and sparked a speculative increase in its stock price, the steep decline in after-hours trading suggests that investors are not wholly assured.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Although Jill worked closely with local authorities and the high school, all the parties struggled to find the perpetrator because the texts were coming from random numbers that were generated by an app.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Whelped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whelped. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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