beget

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But, in a video published last week by Korean broadcaster KBS, the young art student Noh rebels with a performance that demonstrates art begets art, or something like that.

From Los Angeles Times

The greatest risk now is a downward spiral as more losses beget larger rate increases and economies of scale diminish.

From Washington Post

But that dream begets a nightmare when the Worm bursts forth through the portal like a furious airborne serpent, one that will cause an enormously destructive earthquake if it makes landfall.

From Los Angeles Times

His gets begot bigger gets — the most prominent being his 2002 profile of Johnny Carson in Esquire.

From Washington Post

It was a lot about how violence begets violence.

From Los Angeles Times