as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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Leo's Augustinian religious order was founded in Italy in the 13th century, inspired by the saint.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Margin Films was founded in Los Angeles in 1996 with a mandate to bring stories from underrepresented communities – among them LGBTQ+, Asian, LatinX, Black and Indigenous audiences – into mainstream entertainment.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
The woman who founded the World Erotic Museum in South Beach now has her own street.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
Margin Films was founded in Los Angeles in 1996 with a mandate to bring stories from underrepresented communities – among them LGBTQ+, Asian, LatinX, Black and Indigenous audiences – into mainstream entertainment.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
The woman who founded the World Erotic Museum in South Beach now has her own street.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
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The movie’s point of view is established with a brief opening voice-over by a woman named Sasha, whose reminiscences of childhood, and of her brother Jeremy, make up the bulk of the film.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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French counterterrorism prosecutors also said the plot to ignite an explosive device outside the Paris headquarters of Bank of America appears to be linked to HAYI, but a firm link has not yet been established.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Fortune Intuit helped pioneer AI in software, but investors still punished the stock as fears grew that generative AI could upend the SaaS business model.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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These pioneering chemists from IQUEMA also spearheaded other astonishing, detailed archaeological initiatives that determined the compositions of old wine and aromas of the Roman Empire and of the mortars used in the Domus of Salvius, in the present case.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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Verbeten introduced her bill at the Senate Judiciary Committee, and there were a lot of questions.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But his music was quite different from the pieces that Paolo introduced me to over the next year, all of which were written in the mid-eighteenth century.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2026
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It was created nearly 20 years ago to help struggling vinyl stores when record sales were dying off.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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The White House recently released a policy memo stating that NASA will soon initiate a program to develop a mid-power space reactor with a lunar fission surface power (FSP) variant, ready for launch by 2030.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Tennessee Highway Patrol, which leads the task force’s traffic enforcement efforts, usually initiates the traffic stops — often for minor violations such as a broken taillight or windows tinted too dark.—
Wendi C. Thomas,
ProPublica,
15 Apr. 2026
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The booster launched Northrop Grumman's previous cargo flight, NG-23, NASA's Crew-11 astronaut flight, the Axiom Space Ax-4 astronaut flight and three Starlink missions, according to a SpaceX description.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The third flight of the series is expected to launch sometime next year, with the plan to stay in Earth orbit to test the gear that will send astronauts to the lunar surface.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Found.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/found. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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