shaped
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In Scotland, Glasgow's football culture has shaped generations of players.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
She is gently skeptical of the idea that people are shaped in predictable ways by the order in which they come into the world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
It’s a reminder that even in something as everyday as toothache, our evolutionary history is written in our teeth, but shaped as much by modern habits as by ancient biology.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
This is largely because exorcism as a modern practice has been shaped by evangelical influences: The overwhelming majority of exorcisms today are done by Pentecostals.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
I saw a lady wearing a necklace that had a silver pencil shaped like Cleopatra’s Needle.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
