born

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Mr. Williams, a chef based in New York, was born and raised in a beachside village on St. Vincent, where the smell of kitchen smoke often wafted in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Cheap Trick was born in Rockford in 1973.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"If I was born in another household where my parents were poor, couldn't afford my education, I could have also become easily radicalised and indoctrinated by the Taliban," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

And if that child is born: Good luck keeping the little one away from plastic diapers, car seats, bottles, clothing, and toys.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

There have been at least two or three Immortals since then—perhaps more—who were born and died unknowing.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell