Example Sentences

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They are concerned warehouses will beget warehouses, eventually ending up in their backyard.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

If it does, Palmer says, warming will beget more methane emissions from the Sudd, which in turn could fuel more warming and rains—a positive feedback loop.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 12, 2022

Multibillion-dollar industries will beget multibillion-dollar marketing as bookmakers, media companies and tech entrepreneurs have rushed in to claim their place in the market.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021

Without a deal, bad news will beget more bad news for Wayfair, giving short sellers something to celebrate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2018

It is not impossible that a Spiritualist might urge that the test which I apply is not a fair one—that guile will beget guile, that the Spirits meet me as I meet them.

From Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert by Seybert Commission, The