beget

Example Sentences

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The disaster beget $53 billion in losses, with insurers covering around $40 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

“If I can get my ideas to severed workers all across the world, it might beget a revolution.”

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025

Rather than allow mistake to beget mistake, as they so often did across the autumn, Ireland moved slowly through the gears before finally reaching cruising speed.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

They are concerned warehouses will beget warehouses, eventually ending up in their backyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

There was a dignity to her grief and an acceptance of the fait accompli—the fatalism that the pilot’s wife must beget whenever her mate forsakes her for his aircraft.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy