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nest

[nest] / nɛst /


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"So I suspect during her first trips from the nest flying, she's come a cropper, she's hit something," he said.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Younger ants generally remain inside the nest and care for larvae.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

That nest egg needs to last the rest of your life.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

To the joy of many Jackie supporters, news broke Friday that OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife Anna donated $5.5 million to help purchase land that was slated for development near her family’s nest.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Somewhere in the night he’d flipped the bookcase over and floated the rest of the way lying inside, dozing safe as a chick in its nest.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

"They let people know where nests are, fence them off sometimes, and work with volunteers," she said.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

But it is surrounded by a record 700 other ground nests due to a project set up to protect the threatened species 40 years ago.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

It was found in the spring; wasps don’t make nests in the winter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

"Some bee species burrow holes in wood or in the ground, or use empty structures for nests. Some species in Europe and Africa even build their nests in empty snail shells,"

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

They sat on the beach in the dark to study the stars, and climbed cliffs to see birds in their nests.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

The pair have nested at Careys Secret Garden since 2022.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

CJ7 and 022 - the first ospreys to breed on England's south coast in 180 years - have nested at Careys Secret Garden since 2022.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

Yurok wildlife officials say this behavior suggests the pair are tending to an egg in the tribe’s Northern California homeland, where they haven’t nested for more than a century.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

The Palisades is nested against a mountain range filled with dried-out flora, making it an “extreme” fire risk, according to an official state threat assessment.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

On their annual travels between the foothills and the shore, paleo-Indians seem to have visited the area periodically to feast on the cormorants and boobies that nested on the rocks by the beach.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

"Bulldozers on the beaches have already damaged the nesting sites of loggerhead turtles, which are threatened with extinction," Olsi Nika, a marine biologist who heads the NGO EcoAlbania, told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

While the center can’t be 100% sure of the eagle’s identity, “it is suspected to be an individual from a nesting pair in the area,” Cameron said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Yet there’s a turducken of ironies nesting in the response to Mr. Trump’s firings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

According to the researchers, this is the first documented case of bees using animal bones as nesting sites.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The populations of nesting birds in general have declined as much as 90 per cent in some of the sprayed towns.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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