Example Sentences
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The glove maker’s plant utilization rates are above 96%, excluding hibernated plants, he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
"Blue-tongued skinks hibernated under the garage and at night blue-banded and teddy-bear bees slept in the hedges under the front window," Dr Holden said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023
Aristotle thought that some birds such as swallows hibernated in the colder months and that others transformed into different species—redstarts turned into robins for the winter, he proposed.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 15, 2022
Without Thompson — and largely without Curry, who broke his hand and missed all but five games — Golden State hibernated through the 2019-20 season, finishing with the worst record in the league.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
And so, in her own way, the robot hibernated.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
