1
as in hatch
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2
as in swarm
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Recent Examples of brood
Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
To them, his bruised, brooding ballads are a repository for all of those deeply intense feelings that blossom in early adulthood: first love, shattering heartbreak, throbbing loneliness, desperate regret, aching nostalgia.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
Bycathleen O’Grady, science.org, 26 Feb. 2025
Nature's next big show — cicada double emergence What to know about this year's periodical cicada emergence:
Brood XIV will emerge this time
Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical cicada brood, last emerged in 2008, Tamra Reall, an entomologist at the University of Missouri, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Verb
On the yacht to the Full Moon Party with Chelsea and Charlotte Le Bon’s Chloe, now temporarily out from under the brooding eye of Gary/Greg (Jon Gries), Saxon bellows his philosophy of life.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025
To them, his bruised, brooding ballads are a repository for all of those deeply intense feelings that blossom in early adulthood: first love, shattering heartbreak, throbbing loneliness, desperate regret, aching nostalgia.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
The analysis teams, who were all given the same data from 452 blue tit broods in an Oxfordshire woodland, came up with a wide range of answers.
—Bycathleen O’Grady, science.org, 26 Feb. 2025
Nature's next big show — cicada double emergence What to know about this year's periodical cicada emergence:
Brood XIV will emerge this time
Brood XIV, the second-largest periodical cicada brood, last emerged in 2008, Tamra Reall, an entomologist at the University of Missouri, told ABC News.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brood
Verb
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Plans are hatched for the couple to head the all-star Free the People tour, with a final stop at the Republican National Convention.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2025
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With that horrific risk in mind, the crew hatches a new plan.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Part of the reason is biological: sharks tend to grow slowly, reproduce late, and have few offspring, so even moderate fishing pressure can push populations into decline.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Any future Bill Belichick offspring would be younger than his 6 current grandchildren.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Especially in the spring, when young dancers at the peak of their health, promise, and physical strength swarm rehearsal studios for Broadway Bares.—
Mark Harris,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2025
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Once a new location has been identified, the swarm will move on to settle into their permanent colony.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Handmaid’s Tale has already spawned a spinoff, The Testaments, that will star Lucy Halliday in the lead role opposite Dowd and Chase Infiniti.—
Danielle Directo-Meston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
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The storms were fueled by a stationary atmospheric river last week that spawned dozens of tornadoes and overwhelmed communities with up to 16 inches of rain in four days – a 100-to-1,000-year rainfall event, meteorologists said.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Smith would be a capable mentor to Coach Prime’s progeny, considering their stylistic similarities.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
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Unlike his father in 1883 and his progeny in Yellowstone, Spencer doesn’t care about legacy.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Other successes include the establishment of an assurance colony of Chrisangi leaf insects to prevent extinction of the species, along with fawns from Malayan sambar deer, barasinghas and hog deer.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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After all, the filmmaker is Portuguese and there’s a brutal history between his native country and Mozambique, a colony of Portugal until 1975, a country whose official language remains that of its former imperial overseers.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The four rectangular objects, each measuring about three inches long, sat atop reeds in a corner of the tomb.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
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After being shunned by the other passengers, June sits on the floor with Nichole as the train hits the end of the line.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The development at 123 S. Latah St. would see the construction of 288 units spread across five buildings with underground parking and a bevy of amenities.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025
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Nobody has been more impressive, though, than Monahan, who has centered one of the top lines in the NHL, served as a mentor to the Blue Jackets’ bevy of young players, and stood as an inspiration to every player in the dressing room.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Brood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brood. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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