bred
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That experience bred Morris’s lifelong devotion to George Washington and his determination to right the nation’s finances, the better to feed and clothe Washington’s men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
For the experiment, the researchers worked with three genetically distinct lines of fish bred in the laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
They instead often raised expectations, forced dependency and gave rise to a vision of progress that reinforced social exclusion, bred anxieties about status, and concealed the environmental costs of a culture built on consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Chason Gordon investigates the rise of produce bred for perfection, and argues that there are unintended consequences to making fruit too delicious.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Hannibal’s elephants were, and Asian work elephants are, just wild elephants that were captured and tamed; they were not bred in captivity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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