Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place suitable or used for breeding: as “ducks seeking their breeding-grounds,”
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place or region where animals go to
breed . - noun figuratively A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.
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Examples
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Over the years, the war itself and later the occupation, were harshly criticized for actually creating a breeding-ground for fundamentalist groups in Iraq.
Faisal J. Abbas: The Verdict on Iraq Faisal J. Abbas 2011
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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The Obama administration's raison d'etre for the Afghan occupation -- the purported dismantling of Al Qaeda and elimination of breeding-ground conditions for transnational militants -- is as self-defeating as it is abstruse, an assessment proven out by this past weekend's terror strike in Portland at the hands of a Somali-born operative who tried to blow up a Christmas tree lighting ceremony and, although mentionable, said attack's FBI inducement is a polemic for another day.
Michael Hughes: Christmas in Portland: Occupying Afghanistan Does Not Make America Safer Michael Hughes 2010
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