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But by early August, the foraging capacity of the colony has increased exponentially, brood are better fed and the emerging workers are substantially larger.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Before going inside, Duffy pauses to hype up his brood by sharing that none other than Ken Griffin bought one of the original copies of the Constitution to put on public display.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

If you have your first at 27, or 35, there are simply fewer reproductive years to add to your brood.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Layers of synthesizers bubble and brood; vocal samples drift in and out of tracks, flat and unsettling, alluding to God and human biology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

This day had dawned cold, Chup was out hunting, and she had to brood the eyas.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

A poolside interlude channels the tension of distance between two people who were once close: The woman grasps a book but seems primarily absorbed in melancholy; the man broods around her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

He listens to Bach on headphones and broods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

In those cases, fledging mass can drop by up to 27%, particularly for broods that hatch later in the breeding season.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

The actor noted that the family had embraced an abundance of wildlife on the ranch, including adding multiple animals to their broods, from pigs and chickens to horses, dogs, and cats.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

At twelve, he broods, and writes poetry in a journal like his father’s hero Agostinho Neto.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He brooded over his verses, revising them for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

At the time, the face of the Lakers was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a moody soul who brooded a hundred times for every forced smile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2022

Most of the time, however, they waited and brooded.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2020

Mr. Boehner, who resigned in 2015 under pressure from conservative Republican hard-liners, had some adjusting to do after he left the speakership, and, as recently as 2017, brooded about his purpose in life.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2019

The abbot brooded on that for a moment, and then said, “Fine. If they try to take your underwear—though God knows why they would—you can fight back.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Before it was postponed, an early review in Mojo Magazine described it as an "intimate" and "brooding" album, influence by Neil Young's On The Beach.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

From her dressing work for the likes of Ye and Don Toliver, to her brooding, textured paintings and sculptural vessels, she conjures beauty into something we can see and touch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Mr. Simons brings a brooding sensitivity to this roughed-up-by-life man, whom Paul instinctively finds himself turning to for advice in his growing sense of emotional uncertainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

And of course the dipping chocolate, thick and hot, not terribly sweet, but brooding and smoky.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

My father was in the kitchen and there was a strange brooding sadness on his face.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok