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seed

[seed] / sid /




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Eighth seed Boulter trailed world number 91 Ruzic by a set and a break but recovered to win 3-6 6-3 6-3 in two hours to reach her first semi-final since Queen's in June.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Philanthropists, employers and businesses offered additional seed money for these accounts, including Michael and Susan Dell, who pledged $6.25 billion in cash to the accounts of children meeting age and geographic benchmarks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Financial support came from the National Science Foundation and Stanford University, including seed funding through the Big Ideas for Oceans grant program.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

With constant blazes, shrubs cannot replenish their seed banks fast enough and, eventually, there are few seeds left for the plants to grow from after fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

By spring, she traded for shares of folks’ seed.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Those traits are then passed down to the seeds they produce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

With constant blazes, shrubs cannot replenish their seed banks fast enough and, eventually, there are few seeds left for the plants to grow from after fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The seeds were sown by Australian miners in the 1930s, who introduced the game, one with deep roots in New South Wales and Queensland, to the local population.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

These favorable conditions allowed seeds that had remained inactive in the dry soil to germinate, producing an extraordinary variety of wildflowers across the landscape.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Her stomach growled, and she slipped out a bag of sun seeds Mama had tucked into her bureau, quickly popping them into her mouth before they released their bright rays.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Having won nine straight, the Yellowjackets are seeded No. 1 in the Southern Section Division 1 draw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Yankees lost 13 fewer games than the AL West champion Houston Astros and 10 fewer games than the AL Central champion Guardians, both seeded ahead of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Tiafoe, who is seeded 11th, lost to Fritz in another all-American semi-final and was also eliminated by Alcaraz at the same stage in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Now it's like I can look back a year on and think, 'Oh, wow, it's a big difference'," said Gauff, who is seeded fourth at Flushing Meadows this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

The subdivisions proud residents seeded their lawns and planted trees for shade, hosting patio parties and many a club meeting at their homesteads.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Forty-nine aircraft were available for water bombing and cloud seeding to make rain, although many have been grounded intermittently due to the haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

But the scale of the boom—and its expanding reach into more economies—is seeding new worries about the global consequences if the AI mania ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"With the right conditions, cloud seeding squeeze out about an extra five to 10% of precipitation," says Jon Meyer, an assistant state climatologist with the Utah Climate Center.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Not only were the galaxies producing these elements, but they were also dispersing them, possibly seeding other galaxies."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Glowing droplets of eau de toilette streamed out behind me, instantly vaporizing into a silver mist that caught the eddies and spread, seeding the cloud.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda


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