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John and Diane Fradkin, of Santa Ana, had other ideas about what to do with the colt they not only own but also had bred.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2021

Growing up in Krefeld, Germany, Leendertz had bred mice and toads and spent a lot of time at the local zoo.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 28, 2021

“This late age of the world’s experience had bred in them all, all men and women, a well of tears,” Mrs. Dalloway reflects.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Mr Piotrowski said a pair of peregrines had bred three chicks at a nest on the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich, but all three had been killed after flying into traffic.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2016

He had bred mice in his room—mostly undercover—to try to produce mice hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee