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Recent Examples of hatching
Currently in production, the film follows two lonely strangers who, after a chance encounter at a bar, fall in love while hatching a plan to rob the bank she’s being laid off from.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Or a place where something that fish like to eat is hatching.
—Mike Kurlansky, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
Like a quintessential spy movie montage, Kennedy’s inner circle started hatching a plan on how to hide the president’s son and a princess.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
The chick was born about six weeks ago, zoo officials said Thursday in a news release, hatching at just 76 grams — the size and weight of a tennis ball.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
This could be insect eggs hatching, moths emerging from their hiding spots in the leaves, or bees leaving their hive or nest in search of food.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Those tuning in can watch Athena incubate early in the morning and, after hatching, feed her owlets.
—Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Japanese photographer Kazushige Horiguchi had to exercise extreme patience to capture the clownfish image, which shows the eggs hatching as the parent watches and won the Behavior category.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Maria Loconsole, a comparative psychologist at the University of Padua in Italy, and her colleagues decided to investigate the bouba-kiki effect in baby chicks because the birds could be tested almost immediately after hatching, before their brain would be influenced by exposure to the world.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
Or a place where something that fish like to eat is hatching.
—Mike Kurlansky, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
Like a quintessential spy movie montage, Kennedy’s inner circle started hatching a plan on how to hide the president’s son and a princess.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
The chick was born about six weeks ago, zoo officials said Thursday in a news release, hatching at just 76 grams — the size and weight of a tennis ball.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
This could be insect eggs hatching, moths emerging from their hiding spots in the leaves, or bees leaving their hive or nest in search of food.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Those tuning in can watch Athena incubate early in the morning and, after hatching, feed her owlets.
—Faith Bugenhagen, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Japanese photographer Kazushige Horiguchi had to exercise extreme patience to capture the clownfish image, which shows the eggs hatching as the parent watches and won the Behavior category.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
Maria Loconsole, a comparative psychologist at the University of Padua in Italy, and her colleagues decided to investigate the bouba-kiki effect in baby chicks because the birds could be tested almost immediately after hatching, before their brain would be influenced by exposure to the world.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatching
Verb
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By the early summer, most of the bass have finished spawning in the shallows and have now pushed back to deeper water to find their summer haunts.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Iconic Design The Panthella, by Scandinavian lighting brand Louis Poulsen, is a design that’s been celebrated since its launch in the ’70s, spawning many more mushroom lamps in the decades since.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Boston was sitting next to Flavor Flav, who is a huge supporter of women’s sports.—
Doug Feinberg,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Typically, Hansen said, the sitting president would be OK with members of Congress in their own party distancing themselves from the White House.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bricks lay at the stand, to signify residents laying bricks to build the community up.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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Together, these developments are laying the foundation for a market in which cannabinoids beyond THC and CBD play a much larger commercial role.—
Thomas Andersen,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Hatching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatching. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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