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begat

[bih-gat] / bɪˈgæt /


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And in the course of this year I gave myself, I got the show “Godspell,” and that begat other things.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2025

That story begat others, which became the foundation for “Bug Hollow.”

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 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

It was family tragedy that begat a soldier.

From Seattle Times Oct. 22, 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



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