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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
Noun
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The shifting narratives reflect the anxiety of Angelenos amid ICE raids targeting immigrants at Home Depots, churches and retail centers.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, which has been the center of protests since its opening in May and where both a sitting congresswoman and Newark’s mayor have been arrested.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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Already larger plants had been identified for salvage and stored in the park’s nursery during construction.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2025
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The other half of the day was with the nursery staff, which was also tank cleaning, but also feeding animals and working with more juvenile invertebrates.—
Nicole Gregory,
Oc Register,
9 June 2025
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Poets toil as often-anonymous individuals building some greater nest, colony, or hive that might outlast us or end up squashed and swept away unceremoniously.—
Hannah Brooks-Motl
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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More than 200 modern bird species nest in the Arctic, braving the harsh conditions each year.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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When employee voices lead, credibility flows through existing social capital—creating influence that brand channels can’t match.—
Brittany Garlin,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Gangs control at least 85% of its capital, Port-au-Prince, and have launched attacks in the country’s central region in recent years.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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“Breeding ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeding%20ground. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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