be born in
Example Sentences
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The decision left the children he’d paid for to be born in legal limbo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
"I am thankful to be born in their majesties' era," said Thanachote.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
“No one wants to be born in the pathway of missiles and bombs,” Massoudnia said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025
Victoria, who was 28, was the mother of Hamish, who in January 2018 was the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in 25 years.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
Ashima thinks it’s strange that her child will be born in a place most people enter either to suffer or to die.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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