was spawning
- past progressive of spawn.
Example Sentences
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News watchdogs warned that AI was spawning a tsunami of misinformation.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Yet even as those trials were progressing, the virus was spawning a new wave of variants with the ability to evade some of the antibodies triggered by the first generation of vaccines.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
Fishing at the beginning of quarantine was productive and exciting for Bella, as it was spawning season - the fish were either large with eggs or protective over their babies.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2020
The iPhone’s superior camera was spawning a generation of smartphone photographers, and because the iPhone allowed developers to access its camera, photography soon became a popular App Store category.
From The Verge ● Mar. 2, 2016
On two occasions I observed what apparently was spawning behavior of this species.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
