be invented
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A thousand stories could be invented, for example, to explain the sight of a car pulled over to the side of the road, while a police officer interviews a nun.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Some scientists worry that new cures won’t reach their potential, future treatments may never be invented and the prospect of wiping out diseases like sickle cell will remain a distant dream.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023
New approaches need to be invented to enable both novice and more experienced teachers to gain the support of their students.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
To begin with, tomato sauce had to be invented — and that only happened after tomatoes were introduced to Italy following Columbus’s voyage to the new world.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023
The center of the town could be saved for a weightless recreation center, where all sorts of new games could be invented.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
