nested

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The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The charity leading the breeding project said the pair's arrival was "brilliant news" and hopes a second pair who nested for the first time in 2025 will also return.

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 bright structures around the planet were not solid extensions of the world itself, but separate rings formed from many thin, nested arcs.

From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2025

Roy Lee’s D.A. needed work though, and O’Dell’s eyes were as wide as the barn owls that nested on the tipple.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam