rearing
Example Sentences
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Brian Henen holds desert tortoise hatchlings at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
Rearing 32 feet tall in a median outside Denver International Airport, the cobalt-colored, demon-eyed, vein-streaked steed has terrified travelers and mobilized conspiracy theorists since it arrived 15 years ago.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2023
For the California experiment, the male mosquitoes and eggs will arrive in just-add-water “Mosquito Rearing Boxes.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2022
Rearing up on the hillside above the historic town of Santiago de Compostela, this gargantuan €400m cultural complex opened in 2011, nine years late and four times over budget – and still only half finished.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2016
Rearing back and looking as important as Rowdy did when he had treed something, Grandpa said, “Sure I know something about those monkeys. That’s what grandpas are for, isn’t it? To know things for boys.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
