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Common collocations with breed in American Collocation

breed verb

US /brid/

negative feelings or situations

anger
complacency
contempt
cynicism
mistrust
resentment
violence

There is a well-known saying that “familiarity breeds contempt”.

The study claims that keeping locals apart from the newcomers will only continue to breed resentment.

positive feelings or situations

independence
success

Success in one aspect of life can breed success in another.