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sired

verb

past tense of sire

as in fathered

to become the father of the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners

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Recent Examples of sired Somebody fell out of love — a complaint sired this inspection. — David J. Neal july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Gun Runner’s stable still has the brass nameplate of its former occupant, legendary 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, who also sired an impressive line of runners. — Graham Cornwell, New York Times, 19 June 2026 There are several Nick Cannons — the TV host, the actor, the occasional hip-hop artist, the penitent, and, perhaps the most famous Cannon, the fertile father of 12 who sired five children in 2022 alone. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026 Bowie sired a calf there in June 2025, making Fort Worth Zoo’s oldest elephant Rasha a great-grandmother and the matriarch of four generations. — Harriet Ramos may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026 Robusta, a Calumet Farm homebred sired by Accelerate, has only a maiden victory from five career starts. — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Both calves were sired by Bernard, who is now dad to 17 rhinos. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026 Morobe sired two daughters as part of a breeding program. — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026 Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived. — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026

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Most historians already accept that the author of the Declaration of Independence fathered children with Hemings, but the DNA testing done over the years to settle the case did not involve samples from Jefferson himself.

— Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2026
Urker, who also fathered a baby girl, Aurora, with Blanchard, was found dead Thursday in Raceland, Louisiana.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

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Those changes seem to be linked to metabolic shifts, among them reductions in the load of glucose, the body’s standard fuel, which is produced mostly from carbohydrates.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
For context, burning fossil fuels produced about 38 billion tons in 2025.

— Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

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