mate
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He’s a partial owner of the canned yerba mate brand Mateina, but he “loves it without bias.”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I think he's been a great running mate and he's been a great vice president so far, and I think he's earned it."
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Beavers usually live in small family groups centred around an adult pair who then typically mate for life.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
With the exception of around a two-week period, most sailors on the Petersen still had access to email on shared computers with a secure internet connection, said Shepardson, the machinist’s mate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Amanda was his mate, yes, and would always be.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Behind the crosshatched front grille lives a well-tempered, turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and permanent all-wheel drive, including a digitally controlled limited-slip differential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
However, “beyond that there are vague fears that the AI providers would either be directly competitive or be mated with other solutions to imitate Palantir.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Now eight-weeks-old, the household's numerous new arrivals – dubbed Irish Doodles because their mother was mated with a poodle – are believed to be the biggest litter that crossbreed has seen in the UK.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
They first mated in 2018 and had their first eaglet Simba the following year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026
He saw it like a featureless moor or bogland, which had become maritime by accident—its heather, still looking like heather, having mated with the seaweed until it was a salt wet heather, with slippery fronds.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is hoping 2026 could be a “bumper summer of butterflies” because warm, dry days mean uninterrupted foraging, mating and egg-laying.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Their pleasant mating call, Mr. de Greef writes, sounds like “a distant ferryboat whistle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
According to the British Pest Control Association, external, during the warmer months of the year bedbugs, thrive due to being more active, feeding and mating.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
For four-day periods every year from March to August, legions of small, silver fish called grunion ride the waves ashore for mating rituals, beginning on the nights of the full and new moons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Owsla had privileges in regard to feeding, mating and freedom of movement.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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