borne

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The study began in 2023, borne out of concerns about heavy metal exposure among infants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

So far, Google’s outsize investments have borne fruit: last quarter, cloud-unit sales were up 48% from the year before, with 154% operating profit growth.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

That's borne out by the huge rise in the number of women now waiting for gynaecological procedures in England.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

These are nice theories, but they are not borne out by the data, as the red columns in the chart show.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

For the scent had borne him back to the day when he had lit his little fire under the sunny bank; and for the moment all else between was out of waking memory.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien