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Pin, one of four lappet-faced vultures at the zoo, was said to have sired 11 offspring, and his first grandchild hatched in early 2020.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2023

He is believed to have sired 196 foals in both countries, a low number by today’s standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020

A lab test determined that Chaplin had an incompatible blood type and could not have sired the little girl.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

To produce a Derby winner so early in a stallion career is remarkably rare: Only five other stallions at his age have sired a Derby winner in 142 runnings of the race.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2016

I have sired, nursed and reared Many reputations.

From The Broadway Anthology by Bernays, Edward L.