be born
Example Sentences
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"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
“To every thing there is a season,” it says, including, “A time to be born, and a time to die.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
“I consider myself a small town person who happened to be born in the big city,” Park says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
It began when two married men asked Judge Marlon Weiss to issue a pre-birth order acknowledging them as the lawful parents of a child who was about to be born via surrogacy.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
It was a very fine day to be born.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
