born
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“We launched in December, right after this horrible tragedy. The spaceship was actually born out of a tragedy: Challenger. This is the replacement for Challenger,” the Arizona Democrat said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The region has lost the most inhabitants to internal migration in Peru, with some 729,000 people who were born there now living elsewhere.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Dearns, who now speaks the language fluently and whose son was born in the country, was moved to tears during his adopted nation's anthem at the last World Cup.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Part of Cunk’s comedy is her inability to understand things that happened before she was born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
I was born with a name and that name is my destiny.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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