hibernate
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In September 2023, rain followed by Tropical Storm Hilary established conditions for breeding and the subsequent insect activity in a time when the mosquitoes typically begin to hibernate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
It’s a time to hibernate, rest and nourish yourself in preparation for the year of parties ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
"We know they come here to mate, to hibernate, but what we don't know is why they make this journey."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that, after infecting a person, tend to hibernate in the body.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025
I slept through the winter, the way plants hibernate.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
Its full life cycle remains a mystery, but it probably includes a cyst stage that hibernates on the lake bottom until it’s triggered to divide and release new cells.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Kay doesn't think Abersoch hibernates in the autumn and winter, but admits the school's closure would be "another stab".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2021
Ms. Charles is “holding her breath” while Pearl hibernates.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
A white dwarf star gathers hydrogen from its neighbor for 100,000 years, erupts, hibernates, goes through a dwarf-nova stage — and does it all over again, possibly for a billion years.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2017
Come summer he gets dozy and hibernates through to autumn, and I can speak a bit better.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
The glove maker’s plant utilization rates are above 96%, excluding hibernated plants, he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
"Blue-tongued skinks hibernated under the garage and at night blue-banded and teddy-bear bees slept in the hedges under the front window," Dr Holden said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023
Aristotle thought that some birds such as swallows hibernated in the colder months and that others transformed into different species—redstarts turned into robins for the winter, he proposed.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 15, 2022
One sequence cannot do this game justice, not during a 10-2 defeat to the Cubs when the Dodgers’ lineup hibernated, the pitchers quivered and the defense self-destructed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2016
And so, in her own way, the robot hibernated.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
As hibernating animals, marmots put on weight before winter.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Titus and Bjorklund shoveled mounds of ice over the crabs, putting them in a hibernating state to make it easier to transfer them into containers to be weighed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
"Minimizing disturbance to bats when they are hibernating or raising young is critical," Loeb said.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024
For instance, the increase in temperatures prevented bats from hibernating in the provinces of Tarragona.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Nearly one a week when it was hibernating time.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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