adopted
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Viking row celebrations took over the World Cup, and have since been adopted by college football fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The band adopted Wycombe Wanderers as their team in the game and eventually posted a song for the club, which has racked up more than 190,000 views on TikTok, external.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In 1995 he adopted a baby girl, Tia Katherine Kearns, whom he named after his grandmother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
A long-haul truck driver for 27 years, she has adopted the campaign slogan “Trucker Tough” in her bid to defeat Hamadeh, who won the seat in 2024 by 13 percentage points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
When the Arabs adopted Hindu-Arabic numerals, they also adopted zero.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
