spawn
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In North America, it’s been common for nearly a century to engineer streams so that salmon and trout can journey upstream and spawn.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Salmon typically feed in the ocean for about three years and then return to their natal streams to spawn.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Dozens of Wisconsinites volunteer each spring to keep watch against poachers as the sturgeon make their way upriver to spawn; thousands more come to watch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The saga has threatened to spawn legal action and potentially halt the entire festival, which also features music, dance, theatre and other cultural events and is scheduled to begin at the end of February.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
"Khaleesi, better a man should swallow scorpions than trust in the spawn of shadows, who dare not show their face beneath the sun. It is known."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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