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As that cell divides, embryonic stem cells give rise to the trillions of specialized cells that form the body’s organs and tissues.—Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 July 2026 Rohmer’s great literary achievement is twofold—artistic success and worldly failure—which gave rise to his cinema of substitute gratifications, second chances, and miraculous redemptions.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 July 2026 But a leadership vacuum could fracture the Tibetan movement, potentially giving rise to younger, more radical factions that agitate for total independence, perhaps even violently.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 July 2026 The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic disease, crop blights and toxins.—
Tara Deans,
The Conversation,
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