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spawn

[spawn] / spɔn /


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Seidu equipped fishermen with GPS trackers to identify where guitarfish gather and spawn.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Trevor Henderson drew a faceless monster called Siren Head eight years ago and watched it spawn YouTube films, knockoff Amazon.com merchandise and videogames.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, when he was their age, young Giles, nicknamed Ripper, terrorized London by summoning hell spawn for fun.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

The Environment Agency and Natural England have put logs in the river to help create gravel bars and banks where fish can spawn.

From BBC May 26, 2026

“Bob, listen,” he tried again, “the arai want you to get angry. They spawn from bitter thoughts. Don’t give them what they want. We are your friends.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The Severn Estuary is home to huge numbers of sprats and salmon, and the twaite shad, a protected migrating species which spawns in the tributaries of the River Severn.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

The obvious question soon spawns more intriguing ones, namely, who survived, and where did they go?

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

I don’t know how many opportunities you get to do that — being a part of something where it just spawns this whole culture of creativity.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

Although both humans and birds can learn new signals, the authors propose that the mutually beneficial relationship between birds and people spawns local traditions of human-bird communication that remain stable over time.

From Science Daily Dec. 7, 2023

Voldemort’s expression remained impassive as he said, “Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. You must know this, Dumbledore.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Weeks of growing cyclospora case numbers, with no definitive cause, have spawned confusion among consumers about what’s safe to eat.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

She rose to global stardom with her 1972 album "No Secrets," which spawned the number one smash "You're So Vain."

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The show grew so popular that it spawned a whole genre of smooth and sexy music, exemplified by artists like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

The 2016 animated film grossed more than $643 million at the global box office, then spawned a 2024 sequel that made more than $1 billion worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

China’s size and ecological diversity spawned many separate local cultures, distinguishable archaeologically by their differing styles of pottery and artifacts.

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

"But it carries major risks of spawning emotional over-reliance and distorted social cognition," he wrote.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

The second hour is when the spawning picks up.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Fifth, the DNI can set priorities for technical innovations that the other agencies can’t do on their own, at least not without creating a dozen or more different approaches, spawning duplication, unfilled gaps, or both.

From Slate Jun. 15, 2026

Rugby success spawning mainstream breakthrough names has been patchy.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

The ice never melts; it clings to the bottom of the world, spawning winds, storms, and weather that affect the whole planet.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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