seed
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The homunculi were one of those seed ideas for “Small Prophets.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
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
A24 was founded in 2012 with seed money from investment firm Guggenheim Partners, where co-founder Daniel Katz had worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
I walk along the periphery of the party through Sagan’s jungle, toward the seed vault.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Through the NGO Afghan Aid, Zikrullah, 35, who supports an extended family of 12 in Badakhshan, received improved wheat seeds and fertiliser.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The new round of government money will help farmers keep up their current spending levels for high-tech crop seeds, fertilizer, equipment and pesticides to continue growing larger crops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The shrubs may reach full size around year 10, but it takes them two to three decades to fully mature and rebuild their bank of seeds underground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Zverev remains in the draw as one of only three top-eight seeds left, alongside Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Russia's Daniil Medvedev.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Inside, she had all manner of herbs, seeds, sprigs, and plant roots.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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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 threads push through the cell wall and grow out of the cell, like grass rising from seeded loam.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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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
While seeding agents caused more rainfall, they didn't move the needle much.
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
A community that had come together, from seeding to harvest to the bee.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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