begat
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The survey begat headlines in the media, especially in finance-oriented publications like Fortune and Barron’s, that figuratively wrung their hands over the travails of the upper crust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“Survivor” begat “The Apprentice,” sharing an executive producer in Mark Burnett.
From Salon ● May 31, 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
The success of “The Sound of Music Live” begat “Peter Pan Live!” in 2014, which begat “The Wiz Live!” in 2015, which begat “Hairspray Live!” in 2016.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2018
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
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