originated

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The current Ebola outbreak originated in Mongbwalu, a mining town in Congo’s Ituri province.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The idea for the epic photograph originated during an international break in 2023, when Yarrow shot Haaland alone in Viking dress, waist-deep in an Oslo fjord.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

On May 22, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission outlined a suite of additional rules, including a requirement that prospective customers’ funds originated outside of mainland China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

At the time, University of Utah postdoctoral researcher George Zandt analyzed the data and calculated that the earthquake originated about 90 kilometers below sea level.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

One recent case involved the long-running debate over whether syphilis originated in the New World or the Old.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson