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chosen

[choh-zuhn] / ˈtʃoʊ zən /


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Five years ago, Frodin was chosen as a tennis-playing body double for the actress cast as her childhood idol in the Oscar-nominated film 'King Richard'.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

But she’s chosen to forgive Bustillos, Gonzalez said, because she kept thinking of him as “a kid” and could tell that he was devastated by his actions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

But for Kusama, art wasn’t a path chosen for fame and fortune; art was a sublimation and a salve for her compulsive tendencies and psychotic episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Ratko Mladic, the so-called "butcher of Bosnia" who has reportedly died at the age of either 83 or 84, had insisted he was chosen by "fate" to defend the Serb people from a Western onslaught.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

He had chosen Moose at the animal shelter, more than six years ago.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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