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“I’m a passionate believer that the world is becoming incredibly efficient and therefore, you have got to be best of breed at what you do. You’ve got to be focused,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Auckland said she wanted to "raise awareness of the breed and the role the ponies play in managing the common itself and what they can contribute to conservation projects around the country," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Today, a variation of the breed is recognized by the American Kennel Club as the Peruvian Inca Orchid.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice to live, hunt and breed and their chicks can perish if they fall in freezing water before developing waterproof feathers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The new breed of artist wanted nothing to do with my sister's idea of beauty.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Heder also struggles to convey the complicated dynamics of multi-character expression in tight quarters, which breeds a sameness of style and some sitcom-ish touches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

In neighbouring Norway there are also currently no restrictions, but under pressure from retailers, the country committed to phasing out turbo chicken breeds by the end of 2027.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Warhound is starting its work with Belgian Malinois and German Shepherds, but plans to include Labradors and other breeds as well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Ronnie Eunson runs Uradale Farm on the west side of the islands and breeds native sheep and cattle which graze on the nearby hills and coastline.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

I finally found Mrs. Parker back by where they kept the large dog breeds.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

That experience bred Morris’s lifelong devotion to George Washington and his determination to right the nation’s finances, the better to feed and clothe Washington’s men.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Sir Ian, a longtime friend of his X-Men co-star, who officiated his wedding in 2013, said Sir Patrick was "defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

For the experiment, the researchers worked with three genetically distinct lines of fish bred in the laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

They instead often raised expectations, forced dependency and gave rise to a vision of progress that reinforced social exclusion, bred anxieties about status, and concealed the environmental costs of a culture built on consumption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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

Tom Donati, a fourth-generation rancher in California’s Sacramento Valley, runs an annual cattle auction where hundreds of ranchers gather to look at breeding bulls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

“Leaving these dogs in the area to continue breeding ... developing worsening behaviors as a ‘pack,’ to be hit by cars, or to eventually starve was not an option.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

While UK rules remain mostly aligned with EU ones, there are some areas where England has diverged from the EU rule book, for example on "precision breeding" of plants, previously known as gene editing.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Their efforts have included selectively breeding corals that can withstand higher temperatures, raising young corals in nurseries to rebuild damaged reefs, and transferring communities of microorganisms between corals to improve their resilience.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

Yet scientists today could undoubtedly, if they wished, fulfill for many species that part of the definition of domestication that specifies the control of breeding and food supply.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond