sowed
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Now, the billionaire’s son is ready to reap what he sowed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Monday's quake sowed panic in otherwise sleepy parts of Mindnao.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
After Warren tried a third time, Warsh pivoted, pointing to how the Fed had sowed the seeds of a “huge inflation problem” that year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
They sowed financial imbalances that later demanded emergency rescues.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
People in Paleolithic societies had led the unsettled life of the hunter and food gatherer, reaping where nature sowed and thus at the mercy of forces that they could neither understand nor control.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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