be born
Example Sentences
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My child will be born into a city that has no traditional public school system; New Orleans went all-charter in 2019.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones has declared the phrase "nepo baby" is "horrific", saying: "These kids didn't ask to be born into this."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"We're now eagerly waiting to see if a new island is about to be born -- something that we've only rarely been able to observe with satellites as it happens," Garvin said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
In 2008, Gov. Eliot Spitzer thought he had a deal with James Dolan, the cable television scion whose family controls Madison Square Garden, to relocate the arena so a new Penn could be born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Yet when Precious Coins was about to be born and the hospital miles away with bombs falling like hailstones, it was Mother alone who soothed the frantic household and quietly delivered the baby.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
