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

That event reached magnitude 4.1 and originated about 68 kilometers below the surface.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

However, like in other countries worldwide, do-it-yourself publication including zines -- which originated in the 1930s with sci-fi fans in the US -- is growing in Japan, especially among younger generations.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Recent discoveries indicate that at least one domesticated variant, einkorn wheat, originated in the Karaçadag Hills—less than twenty miles from Göbekli Tepe.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari