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The crossbred nature of Goodspeed Musicals’ various developmental programs means that the loss of the Terris Theatre for a year will not shut down the flow of new musicals at the organization.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Feb. 2026 -
Ramping up the coral production line While newly crossbred corals were recently outplanted and are now being monitored to evaluate which combination should go into production, researchers are racing to get the assembly line ready to scale output.—
Denise Hruby,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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In between are a bunch of mongrel appliances that leave both humans and technology worse for wear, like a computer, in a 2024 photo by Sara Deraedt, that seems to be giving birth to a wet child.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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Call it hybrid, genre-bending, unclassifiable—those totemic labels of the contemporary literary zeitgeist fall short.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Unlike internal combustion engine, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) rely solely on electrical energy to move power to wheels.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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In the case of mixed martial artists Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey, who meet at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles on Saturday in Netflix’s first live MMA broadcast, the rust has been gathering for far longer.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The weapon, developed to deliver multiple nuclear warheads over great distances, has a mixed record in testing so far and was once planned to be fielded in 2020.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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Elite athletes train there, the University of Colorado Boulder has won numerous cross country national championships, and people just like running there to stay healthy.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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The founding board spans a broad cross-section of India’s art-house landscape.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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While the findings aren’t a condemnation of any one specific crossbreed, the study’s authors hope the new information will help dispel ongoing myths about designer dogs.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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In this week’s issue, John Seabrook, a staff writer and doodle owner, explores how these crossbreeds got to be so popular.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Half-bred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-bred. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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