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brood

[brood] / brud /




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The past has not quite closed in—he and we will be left to brood about journeys made and not made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Then there was his promise to build her a dance studio on their massive estate; he turned it into a schoolhouse for their growing brood of children.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

In the smallest hives, temperatures at the outer brood edges fluctuated by as much as 11°C each day, compared with swings of about 6°C in the largest colonies.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Conditions were far more severe near the edges of the brood.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

Another small problem: a brood hen had hatched out six more chicks.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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