begat
Example Sentences
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That story begat others, which became the foundation for “Bug Hollow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Like Leo, it begat a procession of memes solely based on our first glimpse of Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII, the fictional first U.S.-born pontiff, played by a British actor.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
But that broken leg also begat the greatest comeback in NFL history and led to one of the gifts Smith gave Washington football fans — a rare Thanksgiving Day win over the Dallas Cowboys.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Buffett and his music — and the empire they begat — became pivotal figures in that claiming and invention.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
In short, the Apple-PC-Windows phase begat the Netscape browsing-e-mail phase, and the two together enabled more people to communicate and interact with more other people anywhere on the planet than ever before.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
