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But when humans began living in villages and towns on the outskirts of those forests, some mosquitoes found the water stored in containers in human settlements a more attractive breeding ground.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

Large dogs die sooner than small ones, and Loyal’s theory is that breeding dogs to be very large has left some breeds with persistently high levels of IGF-1.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Scientists know the European eel starts its life in the Sargasso Sea, off the east coast of the United States, but they have never witnessed its breeding behaviour in the wild.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Flooding in Hengzhou city, Guangxi in early July caused hundreds of snakes to escape from a breeding farm.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The earliest herons to arrive on the breeding grounds have an advantage.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Louise Leatherdale, owner and co-founder of Leatherdale Farms in Long Lake, Minn., which is considered among the best breeders of dressage horses, said she might charge as little as $2,000 for two breedings.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2018

From there, he landed a job selling stallion breedings for the famed Walmac Farm.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2015

In his new home, Yankee Gentleman quickly jumped from about 30 breedings to 94, at $5,000 per time.

From Time ● Apr. 28, 2010

Why, then, these foreign thoughts of state-employments, Abhorrent to your function and your breedings?

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

These wholesome activities prevented any morbid breedings or introspections, and furnished the best possible tonic for the strengthening of her moral purposes.

From Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 by Withrow, W. H. (William Henry)