bred

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For decades, the U.S. has maintained a program in which these flies are bred in a lab, bathed in sterilizing radiation and released around Panama, which prevents the insect from creeping northward.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

The disconnect between employers and employees on AI has bred more distrust.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

The boy was never to return home; wanderlust was bred into him early.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

They found Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

This, of course, bred in her mother a kind of baffled fury, and she never tired of telling Elizabeth that she was an “unnatural” child.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin