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Recent Examples of hatched
Increasingly dismayed, Dudek hatched a plan that seemed to embody his mix of good intentions, hubris and melodrama.
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Some of these were hatched at the English College, a seminary in the French city of Rheims.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Then the two of them hatched a plan to surprise his little brother Koen.
—Seth Carnell, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
After six months of barely evading capture, an escape plan was hatched that saw the soldier cross into Spain and eventual freedom.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
An escape plan is hatched, leading to a breaking of factions, betrayals, and a shocking confrontation.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The idea to have Cindy Brady mimic the Poor Little Rich Girl star was first hatched in The Brady Bunch’s first season, when Olsen had just turned 8 years old.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Nagelkerken was not involved in the latest research but was part of a 2022 study, based on a different shark species hatched in tanks with various pH levels, that found that sharks’ teeth were relatively resistant to ocean acidification.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Once hatched, the turtles find their way to the ocean via the downward slope of the beach and the reflections of the moon and stars on the water.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Some of these were hatched at the English College, a seminary in the French city of Rheims.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Then the two of them hatched a plan to surprise his little brother Koen.
—Seth Carnell, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
After six months of barely evading capture, an escape plan was hatched that saw the soldier cross into Spain and eventual freedom.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
An escape plan is hatched, leading to a breaking of factions, betrayals, and a shocking confrontation.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The idea to have Cindy Brady mimic the Poor Little Rich Girl star was first hatched in The Brady Bunch’s first season, when Olsen had just turned 8 years old.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Nagelkerken was not involved in the latest research but was part of a 2022 study, based on a different shark species hatched in tanks with various pH levels, that found that sharks’ teeth were relatively resistant to ocean acidification.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
Once hatched, the turtles find their way to the ocean via the downward slope of the beach and the reflections of the moon and stars on the water.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hatched
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Hurricane Lane in 2018, spawned by a tropical wave that originated in the Atlantic Ocean off the African coast, eventually became only the fifth Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on record in the Central Pacific Basin, according to a hurricane center report.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The vast, sprawling Conjuring franchise, which began back in 2013, has spawned a complex web of sequels, prequels and spin-offs, some of which are loosely based on cases covered by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Both birds attend the nest, which consists of 4 to 8 eggs that are incubated for about a month.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 Aug. 2025
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Over the last eight years, the Canadian Wildlife Federation has incubated more than 6,000 eggs from a variety of turtle species, Seburn said.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Ricky Martin laid it all on the stage during his acceptance speech at the 2025 MTV VMAs.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Soon after, state officials took over most of the city's schools, and the school board laid everyone off.—
Aubri Juhasz,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Levi Jones, a 33-year-old business owner, pulled up to Sacred Eye Tattoos in Hollywood last week and sat for eight hours getting a photorealistic black-and-white portrait of Mangione on his leg.—
Amanda Rosa,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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The birthday boy and his big sister Sterling Skye, 3, each sat between one of their parents’ laps.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Hatched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hatched. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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