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[nest] / nɛst /


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When she hadn't seen any wasps for a number of weeks she decided to explore by cutting away at the nest.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Yet Pretorius, while canoeing with a guide, was able to capture these two – likely a breeding pair collecting material for their nest.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

So they came up with a repayment plan that would restock their nest egg in short order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

He’s too busy feathering his own nest while laughing off any pretense of ethical behavior.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The pipe rambled across past the mud dauber wasps’ nest to a hole in the chimney.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

They also recognize the many economic contributions of the lower-earning spouse and are designed to treat a marriage not as two separate entities building two independent nests, but as a lifelong partnership.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Previous research found that increasing the temperature by 12°C caused a tenfold increase in the number of honey bees leaving their nests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

In a typical day’s work, El Charro will cover half of the building’s exterior, methodically searching for hot spots and pointing Ford staff to nests that are later removed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The nests, which appeared Sept. 16 in Seal Beach and Sept. 19 in Huntington Beach, are the first known naturally-occurring sea turtle nests on the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

What if the momma bears had to spend all their baby-growing energy digging new nests?

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

But the Ocean Protection Council, an agency nested within the California Natural Resources Agency, recommended approving both.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Having nested together for eight years, Jackie and Shadow raised numerous chicks and bonded by restoring their nest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The pair have nested at Careys Secret Garden since 2022.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

A breeze was coming in the back, door, and some mourning doves that had nested on the back porch were cooing, making that slippery, burbling sound that Calder always associated with summer in his neighborhood.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

The Orange County turtle nests are several hundred miles farther north than the turtles have ever been seen nesting before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

They also tend to return to the same nesting sites year after year.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

This is the sixth wave of the creatures in the nesting season, which started in March.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

She said: "He found a little hedgehog in need of care and we got talking, so the upshot was that I gave them the templates for both nesting and feeding boxes."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“I understand you have a peregrine falcon nesting on this bridge,” Flip Pearson said.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George


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