sow the seeds of

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And that is starting to sow the seeds of a late spring retreat.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Economists hope some of this capital will go into research and development, juicing Germany’s productivity growth and seeding startups and new exports—just as U.S. government money helped to sow the seeds of Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

"Over the longer run, this move itself has the power to sow the seeds of its own downfall," said Richard McGuire, head of rates strategy at Rabobank, which expects a recession.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

“When you sow the seeds of distrust, or suggest that you haven’t been transparent with what you knew,” he told me, “you’re setting yourself up for a persistent, insidious, continuing distrust.”

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

Latrines are merely one of the many places where we accidentally sow the seeds of wild plants that we eat.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond