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
Lead researcher Dr Keren Papier said research in South America - where many people drink a very hot herbal beverage called mate - had already shown a similar link between hot drinks and oesophageal cancer.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
“He and his mate stay around here all winter long,” Mr. Chris said.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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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
Jackie and Shadow aren’t just a mated pair, they share a “beautiful love story.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
At the top of the list is the California deermouse, which pairs for life once mated and achieves a full sibling rate of 100%.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
Chaos created and then mated with a goddess called Night, and their offspring eventually produced all the gods and men.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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In nature, it’s believed that some beetles are shiny for camouflage, protection and mating purposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their pleasant mating call, Mr. de Greef writes, sounds like “a distant ferryboat whistle.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sally Wadsworth, chair of Benfield Wildlife and Conservation Group, says some areas of grass are kept longer so that the females can crawl up the stalks for mating.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Most of the participants were female, and many were carrying eggs, making it unlikely that the gatherings were related to mating.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Slips them into divots he’d made weeks before, when he was scouting these coves for mating terns and shearwaters’ nests.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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