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[Thai Economics Library | Archives (for history)]
June 20, 2007

Spawn

spawn (verb) - give birth to (or when fish and frogs lay eggs)

spawned by
spawn copycats
spawn imitators
spawned a wave of
spawned in part by
spawned lawsuits
spawned businesses
spawned a new branch of science
spawned a whole generation of\
spawned a whole slew of
spawned a social movement
problems spawned by
spawned a cottage industry of


Example sentences:

* The country was not yet used to financial crises spawned by rapid movements of capital between countries.

* The Jatukham craze has spawned a whole industry of copycats.

* The trial is likely to create a lot of uncertainty, spawned in part by the complexity of the technology that will be employed.

* The court decision spawned street protests all over the city.

* The crazy culinary habits of tourists spawned a cottage industry of monkey trappers in the small country.

* The country has spawned as many great girl bands as could be hoped for.

* Some say the internet and blogs have spawned a generation of self-absorbed hacks.

* The many problems spawned by his rule will not be solved easily.

* The internet boom spawned immense creative entrepreneurship.

* The success of his business has spawned a whole industry of imitators.

* The sudden desire to hold silver instead of gold spawned a wave of speculative trading in silver.

* Numerous new joint ventures have recently spawned an auto parts industry in the country.

* Nowadays people only recall the inflation spawned by spending on the Vietnam War.

* The corn contamination spawned a nationwide recall of Taco shells.

* The sale of Shin Corp spawned a wave of larger and larger protests.

* The NGO funded wells, set up schools and spawned small businesses.

* Some say that with the enormous productivity gains spawned by the introduction of new technologies, there will never be a business cycle again.

* The plentifulness of silver spawned a large merchant class in China.

* The movie spawned a whole generation of avid ghost hunters.

* The bloodshed spawned a lawsuit by the victims' relatives.

* The discontent has now spawned a guerilla movement.

* The new round of violence spawned a sense of unity in the country.

* The government campaign to promote exercise and physical fitness has spawned a whole slew of fitness parks across the country.

* At age three, the male fish takes its first journey to the sea to spawn.

* The internet spawns new businesses everyday but rarely does an effective new business model arise.

* Nothing will interrupt her passion for collecting frog spawn.

* The scientific work of the genius spawned a whole new branch of science that was named after him.

* The fierce fight for votes spawned more than 20 lawsuits over the results.


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