became

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Rowbottom grew up in rural New England, a card-carrying “Horse Girl” whose parents’ divorce became small-town gossip when her father began dating her drama teacher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

“When it happens” — the phrase became a meme almost overnight, as Troy Farah recently observed, in no small part because, even in our attention-addled age, people understand what it means.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

"The shirt became a masterpiece years later," she added.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Estonia became the EU’s third member state to approve FSD, following Lithuania last month and the Netherlands in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Later, it became one of those family stories we all went on telling, but Karli told it best—mimicking the shock on the policeman’s face wonderfully well.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo