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But progress is slower in the industrial transport and manufacturing sectors, where lower fossil-fuel prices over the past year have bred complacency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Five years later, all the remaining wild condors were captured and bred in captivity to try to stave off extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

From a family that has bred Bernese Mountain dogs near Bologna in northern Italy for decades, Fasso has been coming to Crufts since the mid-2010s, witnessing its popularity grow internationally.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Pyrenean mountain dogs were bred to be livestock guardians, used to protect flocks from wolves and bears.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

As the African immigrants spread around the world, they bred with other human populations, and people today are the outcome of this interbreeding.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari