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We had cross-bred to the point that there were no more ‘races’ left.
365 tomorrows » Wake Up : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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They're goldendoodles, cockapoos and puggles and they are among the most popular cross-bred dogs in the U.S., according to the American Canine Hybrid Club.
When a Pug and a Beagle Fall in Love, It's a Puggle Miriam Gottfried 2011
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Even man's best friends have joined the fray, with one shooting his hunting companion in the buttocks and others being cross-bred with their wolverine ancestors to wreak havoc upon all humanity.
Karl Rotstan: Animal Rebellion Update: December 2011 Karl Rotstan 2012
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We had cross-bred to the point that there were no more ‘races’ left.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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H.G. Wells cross-bred this idea with the "invasion of England" stories popular at the time to produce "The War of the Worlds" 1898 and to create a plot that has never lost its fascination.
Attack of the Classics Tom Shippey 2011
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Bears were thought of as emblems of lust, abnormally potent, capable of raping women and siring a cross-bred race of heroes.
The History of a Fallen King Jonathan Sumption 2011
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This was Oladahn, cross-bred offspring of a sorcerer and a Mountain Giantess from the Bulgar Mountains.
Archive 2010-05-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Its purpose, Hayes said, should be scientific research, but "with the idea of encouraging the increase of families of good blood, and of discouraging the vicious elements in the cross-bred American civilization."
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We had cross-bred to the point that there were no more ‘races’ left.
365 tomorrows » Duncan Shields : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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In the central highlands, where wild grass called teosinte was first cross-bred into the staff of life some 9,000 years ago, corn is viewed not only as a staple food but as a sacrament of Mesoamerican civilization.
Jan McGirk: Mexico's Mutant Kernels Ripen After GM Corn Ban Reversed 2010
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