Example Sentences

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“It’s down to 81 percent, the lowest ever … and, yet, I believe that is spawning increased openness to spiritual matters.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2023

He warned legislators that public interest is spawning illicit, underground experimentation without safeguards.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

The unexpected uncertainty of weather we once took for granted is spawning anxieties that add to the trauma of living through a town-destroying fire.

From Salon • May 22, 2022

Thwaites is spawning more icebergs as it's falling apart, Holland said.

From Fox News • Feb. 2, 2022

The hatchery team is spawning 300 adults this year and, come winter, will release twice as many juveniles into the Sacramento as it normally does.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2015