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At the end, he was cultivating his garden, literally and figuratively, especially at Het Steen, the country house he purchased in 1635 for his retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

All the while, he was cultivating the kind of social media presence that had first sparked his interest in investing.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

At the time, she didn’t foresee that it was more than simply growing plants: She was cultivating a new life — and career — for herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Sigrid Jakob showed up to Green-Wood Cemetery hot on the heels of a recent victory: The deer dung she was cultivating in her apartment had just yielded a particularly exciting specimen of fungi.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

He told his colleagues that he was cultivating a new Soviet source.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau