became

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It’s Miles Davis’ centennial, and fellow musicians discuss how the shapeshifting innovator transformed music over and over again and became more than a jazz legend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

"St. Thomas," which appeared on "Saxophone Colossus" and became his best-known song, incorporated Caribbean calypso that he had heard as a child.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Opie became captivated by the Arctic light during her first trip to the region more than a decade ago, and she long hoped to photograph Norway’s famous “Blue Mountains.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The Victorian-era HMS Erebus, built in Pembroke Dock in 1826, became part of nautical folklore after it vanished in the mid-19th Century.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The believers became known as Spiritualists and their belief system as “Modern Spiritualism.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock