a fecund breed of cattle the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin

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In that fecund little valley that divides our rational and and instinctive reactions to machines, Gannon’s work thrives. James Vincent, The Verge, "Teaching robots body language offers common ground for humans and machines," 11 Nov. 2018

The fecund doctor, Donald Cline, has since admitted to lying to patients and using his own sperm to inseminate them. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Fertility doc inseminated dozens of women with own sperm, DNA sites find," 31 Aug. 2018

The Marcellus Shale in Appalachia turned out to be larger and more fecund than the Barnett. Russell Gold, WSJ, "The Texas Well That Started the Fracking Revolution," 29 June 2018

Meanwhile, my own fecund uterine years are slipping by. Colter Jackson, New York Times, "Motherless, but Growing Toward the Light," 11 May 2018

Connecticut has long been fecund breeding ground for top-tier hockey players — think Jonathan Quick, Nick Bonino and Chris Drury — and the Nutmeg State was put on the map when Yale and Quinnipiac squared off in the 2013 Frozen Four championship. Kevin Vellturo, courant.com, "UConn Insider Podcast: Men's Hockey Coach Mike Cavanaugh," 8 Mar. 2018

There was Beyoncé's pregnancy announcement on Instagram, showing the singer, then expecting twins, resplendent as a fecund deity. Claire Howorth, Time, "Motherhood Is Hard to Get Wrong. So Why Do So Many Moms Feel So Bad About Themselves?," 19 Oct. 2017

The 55 acres surrounding the designer’s house have been planned so that some part of the grounds will always be fecund and some part will always be fallow: birth following death following birth. Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, "Dries Van Noten, Icon of Creative Freedom," 16 Oct. 2017

Meanwhile, down on the ground, roses and raspberries peek out from the fecund earth of North County. Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Hunter's rash bombast earns a razz, but Vista shreds," 23 Sep. 2017

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