begat
Example Sentences
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“Survivor” begat “The Apprentice,” sharing an executive producer in Mark Burnett.
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
Devastation begat devastation, as the ecological dominoes began to fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Indian musicians began adapting their own classical music for steel guitar, and in Africa, the quest to replicate the glissando effect begat a local technique dubbed “Hauyani” after the word “Hawaiian.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
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
I don’t know how they begat Saint Sarah and her bubbliciousness.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
