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Five years later, all the remaining wild condors were captured and bred in captivity to try to stave off extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

From a family that has bred Bernese Mountain dogs near Bologna in northern Italy for decades, Fasso has been coming to Crufts since the mid-2010s, witnessing its popularity grow internationally.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Few 20th-century writers bred as many imitators as Ernest Hemingway, but his followers rarely matched the subtleties of his deceptively simple style.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

A wolf-dog is a domestic breed of dog that has been bred with a wolf.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

None of the dragons bred and raised in the Dragonpit of King’s Landing had ever approached the size of Vhagar or Meraxes, much less that of the Black Dread, King Aegon’s monster.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin