born
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The brand was born a decade ago, after Charter bought Time Warner Cable, which had long served the Los Angeles region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Xu was born into a poor family in rural Henan province in 1958, the year leader Mao Zedong launched his "Great Leap Forward" -- an industrialisation plan that led to mass starvation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Then, William Hyde, a middle-aged Black man born and bred in Nashville, looked dumbfounded—he too had been stricken by Chud.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Joseph Weizenbaum, Eliza’s creator, was born in Berlin and fled to Detroit as a teenager to escape the Nazis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Three generations of Samuelses. He’s the only one born with a chance of inheriting land. Mr. Thompson’s going to leave his land to his sons. What’re you going to leave?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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