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become

[bih-kuhm] / bɪˈkʌm /




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Establishing the Curiosity Academy was so simple — and, frankly, a bit anticlimactic — that reporters then applied to become eligible to receive public funds.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Can the shoes become more popular without becoming any less premium?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

They also raise the possibility that the gut could become a target for future strategies designed to support brain health and prevention earlier in life.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

What will become of October 2026 remains to be seen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

Wristwatches had become fashionable and I enrolled in a school that specialized in this kind of work.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Evans becomes only the third British man to win the WRC title after Colin McRae in 1995 and Richard Burns in 2001.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

You definitely shouldn’t care what becomes of the EPL or Manchester City; I’d be better off if I didn’t either.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

In the new multicenter study, Cedars-Sinai researchers found that levels of an enzyme called UBE2N decline in liver cells as the disease becomes more advanced.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Now the challenge becomes keeping the momentum going as OpenAI, Google and others press ahead with their own offerings and as Meta continues to spend countless billions on the promise of the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

If someone puts his own needs first—whether he is injured, sick, or simply refuses to cooperate—that person becomes the weakest link.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Nike became the latest major company to pre-announce layoffs this way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

When his symptoms became especially concerning one day, he went to the Emergency Department.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

"It really was the starting point for the young Audrey Hepburn that she became," said Brian Badham, of Elham Historical Society.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

My medicine cabinet became a minefield of animal-derived byproducts, including gelatin capsules and pain meds with lactose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

But as February became March, the nagging uncertainty Rachel had introduced into my relationship with Traveler persisted.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Can the shoes become more popular without becoming any less premium?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Aymara said the Circle of Security course she attended gave her practical tools so she could help her children organise their feelings, take charge when she needs to and recognise when she was becoming stressed.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Once he had his foot in the door as an intern, success became an obsession, with bonuses becoming "a way of gauging how wonderfully successful a human being I was".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

But the former Fox News host has also staked his chances of becoming California’s next governor on courting Latinos with a gospel of affordability, lower taxes and the California Dream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Then again, with every passing year my memories of what life was like before are becoming less and less solid.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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