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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