fledgling
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Deep-sea mining seeks to tap previously untouched seabed deposits of a range of commodities, including cobalt and nickel, but the fledgling industry has long been stalled by environmental concerns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Internet users have proven they’ll make a habit of swinging by these fledgling new spaces — if the conversation is interesting enough.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Yabloko was founded in the early 1990s during Russia’s short-lived experiment with real democracy, when a rambunctious form of politics emerged and dozens of fledgling parties contested power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
After a three-year hiatus, “Lasso” returned for Season 4 last week with the series’ eponymous title character, played by Sudeikis, returning to Richmond to coach a fledgling second-division women’s team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
He halted my fledgling study of alchemy, limiting me to chemistry instead.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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The charity said the new birds came from 56 successful breeding pairs meaning the average productivity of a Cornish chough nest was three fledglings.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Their fledglings are about one third lighter, even though the warmest days they experience reach similar temperatures of about 16-17ºC.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
The early seeds of Owens Viani’s work on the issue began around 2011, when a neighbor ran over to tell her that Cooper’s hawk fledglings had drowned in his kiddie pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
Birdhouse owners say that they wait until the fledglings have left the nest before they harvest and that neither the parents nor their babies are harmed.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Never hurt the young: nest eggs, roe, fledglings, fry.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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