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a place or environment that favors the development of something
unwashed skin is a breeding ground for bacteria
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Recent Examples of breeding ground
According to Williams, water is a breeding ground for several insects like mosquitoes, drain flies, and termites who look to water for shelter or feeding.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 May 2025
Southern Hemisphere humpback whales travel more than 5,000 miles to breeding grounds off Costa Rica from the Southern Ocean.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
Additionally, bags of trash or open trash cans are the perfect shelter and breeding ground for flies and rodents.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 May 2025
Previous productions have served as breeding grounds for greats like Denzel Washington, Billy Dee Williams, Keith David and Laurence Fishburne.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 May 2025
Southern Hemisphere humpback whales travel more than 5,000 miles to breeding grounds off Costa Rica from the Southern Ocean.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
Additionally, bags of trash or open trash cans are the perfect shelter and breeding ground for flies and rodents.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 May 2025
Previous productions have served as breeding grounds for greats like Denzel Washington, Billy Dee Williams, Keith David and Laurence Fishburne.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeding ground
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While most campaigns historically focused on physical infrastructure, many now include less visible priorities: legal clinics, policy centers, and public interest litigation units.—
Michelle Mbekeani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The hurricane center had also begun using a new forecast map, which highlighted in red the risk of flooding posed to the area.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
1 June 2025
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Transplant Shock Plants are sensitive to changes in their environment, including when they are moved from one area to another in the garden or brought home from the garden center or nursery and replanted.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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This is particularly helpful for sensitive sleepers and means the product is better suited for spaces like healthcare facilities and nurseries.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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For example, in Cape Verde, annual loggerhead turtle nests surged from 500 in 2008 to over 35,000 by 2020, while four out of five green turtle populations showed growth.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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The two will soon start hovering in the near future, further exercising their flight muscles and making their way from the nest to nearby branches.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Hours earlier, explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard throughout Kyiv as many sought shelter in subway stations as Russian drones and missiles targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight.—
ILLIA NOVIKOV,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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However, at the end of last year, the Islamist opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham burst out of its Idlib stronghold and, in coordination with other groups, swiftly advanced on the capital Damascus.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20ground. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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