bred
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A younger left, as the statement says at the beginning: “We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest comfort, housed now in universities . . .”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Aulon, 38, was born and bred here in Vlore.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Golden retrievers were bred by aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, who wanted a gun dog suited to Scottish Highland terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The mice were then bred for two successive generations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
In any event, when the hour came to go to the fruit orchard, Mrs. Kidwell declined; a city- bred woman, easily fatigued, she wished to remain indoors.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
