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By minute 86, whiplash could be brought about in an attempt to turn away from the misery.

From BBC Mar. 22, 2024

The end of humanity is far more likely to be brought about by multiple factors, Kemp says—a pileup of disasters.

From Scientific American Mar. 21, 2023

The force that before 1945 could only be brought about by hundreds of thousands of soldiers all consenting to fight remains compressed into a single weapon designed to be delivered by a single individual.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2022

Robert King: What we wanted was Wackner to kind of say things that made sense to the common man, common woman about the way justice should be brought about.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2021

Similarly, the changes required to transform wild plants into crops can in principle be brought about by alternative new mutations or alternative courses of selection to yield equivalent results.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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