breed

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Any viable reactor must “breed” its own tritium by exposing a lithium blanket to the fusion-produced neutrons—a process not yet demonstrated at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What we want hunts to do is to stop breeding them and to work with reputable rescues to rehome the dogs in their kennels."

From BBC

Like most eight-hour dramas, it’s too long — “Slow Horses,” the best of this breed, sticks to six — and over the course of the show, things grow muddied with MacGuffins and subplots.

From Los Angeles Times

The farm has also recorded significant increases in moths and breeding birds.

From BBC

At the heart of this tradition was one of Britain's oldest breeds, the Norfolk Black, which was nearly lost to history until one farming family stepped in to save it.

From BBC