spawning

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The company has responded clumsily to users’ complaints, spawning several social media news cycles about whether it respects its own customers.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Cut off from historic higher elevation cold-water spawning grounds by the Shasta and Keswick dams, the fish have been stranded for decades in the Sacramento River — where warm water routinely cooks their eggs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

These fish depend on long, uninterrupted river pathways that link spawning grounds, feeding areas, and floodplain nurseries, often across multiple countries.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Over the past three-and-a-half decades, India's software industry has created millions of white-collar jobs, spawning a new middle class driven by high ambition and strong purchasing power.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

We see the miracle of nature’s control at work when the cod move through winter seas to their spawning grounds, where each female deposits several millions of eggs.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson