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a place or environment that favors the development of something
unwashed skin is a breeding ground for bacteria
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Droughts, floods, and other extreme weather conditions have destroyed these roosting and breeding grounds.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
Gray whales are typically observed alone or in small groups, though large groups may be seen at feeding or breeding grounds.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Drexel was a breeding ground of talent, Kencel said.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Climate & Environment How to stop your yard from becoming a mosquito breeding ground
April 20, 2023
Officials are hoping to eradicate local reservoirs of dengue by reducing mosquito populations and eliminating possible breeding sites, namely containers that hold water.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
Gray whales are typically observed alone or in small groups, though large groups may be seen at feeding or breeding grounds.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Drexel was a breeding ground of talent, Kencel said.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Climate & Environment How to stop your yard from becoming a mosquito breeding ground
April 20, 2023
Officials are hoping to eradicate local reservoirs of dengue by reducing mosquito populations and eliminating possible breeding sites, namely containers that hold water.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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The No Pain Act provisions are designed to expand access to non-opioid treatment for pain in ambulatory surgical centers and hospital outpatient departments.Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The woman was initially taken to a police station and then transferred to a psychiatric center, according to the Telegram channel for the Iranian newspaper Farhikhtegan.Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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The project has two nursery sites now: a seed bank near Paramount Ranch and the main nursery off Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas, where thousands of seeds have been planted in tiny flats and then repotted to grow large enough to be planted.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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The film opens with Justin just having put the finishing touches on the nursery, surprising Ally.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Granite can be of various colors, dotted with the black mica nests.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The ways dinosaurs grew up, reproduced and made nests used to be treated as mysteries, Manias notes, but now can be presented in detail.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Israel has repeatedly battered strongholds of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The race for the seat in the 7th District, which is anchored by Lansing but covers suburban and rural areas stretching out from the state capital, was considered one of the most competitive congressional contests in Michigan, if not nationally, headed into the election season.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20ground. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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