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nest

[nest] / nɛst /


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Sen. Adam Schiff wrote on Twitter that his Washington office broadcast the nest livestream, along with C-SPAN and national news.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Are your two advisers just trying to keep your money in stocks so they can increase your nest egg and profit off bigger management fees?

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

In a brief preface Mr. Hoffman has also told us about wrens colonizing an abandoned swallows’ nest above the door of the house he shares with his wife, Julia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Some said that Jackie’s influence would live on, exemplified by a recent successful effort to raise money to buy and conserve land near her nest.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The mud wasps had built their big nest against a ceiling rafter.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

She added that the scheme only removes one chick at a time from nests, and the birds are checked for bird flu before they are released.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

As ground-nesting birds, their nests can be particularly open to damage.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Bumblebees, by comparison, build nests underground in soil or leaf litter, and their colonies are much smaller, usually numbering between 50 and 500 individuals.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

They post a stake with a sign over all the nests they find—the ones they move and the ones they do not—saying that it is against the law to disturb the nest.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

"Once upon a time curlews would have nested in almost any hay meadow," he told the BBC.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

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

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

He’d stride south on Broadway to Greenwich Village, and make his way to the Four Continents Book Store, an emporium of Russian-language books, music recordings, periodicals, and handmade gifts such as nested martryoshka dolls.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Environmental experts say the spill threatens wildlife, protected ecosystems and fishing communities around Qeshm, which is home to mangrove forests, nearby coral reef habitats and nesting sites for critically endangered Hawksbill turtles.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

This nesting season, the pair raised eaglets Sandy and Luna, who successfully fledged.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

In the report they published following their visit, they highlighted damage to turtle nesting sites, bird habitats and the local dunes.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 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

On each side of the wagon are rows of nesting boxes.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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