hatching
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hatchings
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Origin of hatching
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MIAMI—At a sprawling waterfront mansion facing Biscayne Bay, a group of wealthy Cuban-Americans has spent months hatching detailed plans for a country that doesn’t yet exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
After hatching, the larvae burrow into the tissue and begin feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
On Saturday, visitors alerted staff after spotting 10 Nile crocodiles hatching without any human intervention.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
The park, in Bourton-on-the-Water, also completed the most recent successful hatching of a king penguin in the UK in 2014.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
They are forever setting on nests hatching out chicks, brooding and clucking and attacking anything that comes close.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
In June, zookeepers found four clutches; 11 of the healthiest-looking eggs were incubated, leading to 11 hatchings in August.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
The tiny flying insects, also known as midgies, usually appear in two hatchings and thrive in wet and warm conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
There had been a long dearth of eagle hatchings even before that, but major conservation efforts were undertaken to bring the birds back.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2019
“A lot of the hatchings being born are surviving. What we’re doing is not stopping them.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2017
With the newly hatched salmon in the Miramichi that spring of 1954 were young of previous hatchings, salmon a year or two old, young fish in brilliant coats marked with bars and bright red spots.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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