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But progress is slower in the industrial transport and manufacturing sectors, where lower fossil-fuel prices over the past year have bred complacency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
"We are very proud of our heritage and of the fact there is a dog that was bred here and named after the park - it's amazing it has gone on to win Crufts."
From BBC • Mar. 10, 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
And he’s Southern California born and bred, the product of esteemed diamond factory Harvard-Westlake High.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Mars could do nothing to them, for they were bred to plains and prairies as open as the Martian fields.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.