nesting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kress’s pioneering techniques, refined since 1973, have been deployed worldwide, nowhere more intensively than in Hawaii, where predators have nearly eliminated many species of nesting seabirds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"We know they're nesting when we start seeing single cranes out in flight," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Their first project together was a series of nesting tables made from a coast live oak that had fallen on Grand Avenue in South Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“I did the nesting thing for six years,” she shares.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
I'd accidently walked into their new nesting ground.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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