be born
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For one thing, he was the first governor of the state of California to be born in California, in 1831, when it was still part of Mexico, but he served after California joined the union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“This horrific phrase ‘nepo baby’ is horrible because these kids didn’t ask to be born into this,” Zeta-Jones told the Sunday Times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
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
In 2023, the project celebrated the first white-tailed eagle chick to be born in the wild in southern England since 1780.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“If I die,” she murmured, “maybe I’ll be born again when the Rosen Association stamps out its next unit of my subtype.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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