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as in raised
to bring to maturity through care and education watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young
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as in erected
to fix in an upright position it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing
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as in built
to form by putting together parts or materials the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years
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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse
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Recent Examples of reared The team fitted 105 juvenile salmon reared in captivity with an acoustic tracking tag and an implant. —
Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026 Punch struggled to connect with the other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo in Ichikawa, Japan, after being hand-reared by zookeepers. —Adam England, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 On a bunt attempt fouled back Tuesday against Shepard, Kruse reared up and caught the ball for strike three. —Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Rockies’ law — anything that can go wrong, will go wrong — reared its ugly head Tuesday night in Houston. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026 After being reared by rehabilitators, he was sent to a flight-training program in New Jersey, but failed (bad vision). —Emma Allen, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 To her knowledge, no one had ever reared a baby warty frogfish before. —Ari Daniel, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026 That battle reared its head at a crucial moment. —Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Given the bird was born to first-time parents, zookeepers have hand-reared the chick with around-the-clock care. —Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026 Punch struggled to connect with the other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo in Ichikawa, Japan, after being hand-reared by zookeepers. —Adam England, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026 On a bunt attempt fouled back Tuesday against Shepard, Kruse reared up and caught the ball for strike three. —Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 Rockies’ law — anything that can go wrong, will go wrong — reared its ugly head Tuesday night in Houston. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026 After being reared by rehabilitators, he was sent to a flight-training program in New Jersey, but failed (bad vision). —Emma Allen, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 To her knowledge, no one had ever reared a baby warty frogfish before. —Ari Daniel, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026 That battle reared its head at a crucial moment. —Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026 Given the bird was born to first-time parents, zookeepers have hand-reared the chick with around-the-clock care. —Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Since then, prices for many games have been raised further, sparking widespread outrage.— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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To this, the stoic Bednar raised an uncharacteristic (and bruised) eyebrow.— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
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Those who did make it out of the burning residence can thank quick-thinking good Samaritans who erected portable ladders outside the Belmont Ave.— Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
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The changing telework fight Last year, unions regularly held large rallies opposing the return-to-office order; an anonymous group of state workers erected billboards along Interstate 80 criticizing the governor.— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Copilot, built into the taskbar, adds an AI layer to the OS.— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
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Humanity has never built an outpost on a world beyond Earth before, after all, so achieving that grand vision will be a heavy lift.— Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2026
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Sonja Shaw Shaw is the Chino Valley Unified School District board president and a Republican activist who emerged as a major player in the COVID-era parental rights movement as conservative families grew concerned that public schools were becoming hotbeds of leftist indoctrination.— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Residents at the meeting also grew antsy.— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
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Officials say the birds may resemble native species commonly seen in the area, but stress these animals were bred in captivity and are not capable of surviving on their own.— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
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Once established, tomatoes can withstand drought conditions, and some varieties are bred to endure dry climates.— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
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His silky ballads are uniformly thoughtful and well-constructed, but lack the pathos that would give them greater depth and dimension.— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Roughly one in ten new US single-family homes is now constructed for renters, not homeowners.— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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While some of the trees that produce the resin are cultivated, the vast majority grow in the wild.— Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
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Imagination, creativity and experimentation will all be cultivated at the OC Fair & Event Center’s upcoming Imaginology, a two-day festival of learning that is hosted each April at the fairgrounds.— Heather McRea, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
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The bill aims to increase transparency has fostered unlikely partnerships between DFL and GOP legislators.— Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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Law enforcement tactics during the extensive investigation — including one officer encouraging Genrich to commit suicide — and prosecutorial misconduct during the trial fostered early and lingering doubts about Genrich’s guilt.— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
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