became

• Perhaps this chum salmon was so frequently chopped up and used as chum that its proper name became a generic term for "chopped-up fish." —  The Word Detective
• On his death in 1728 the title became extinct 7 No. —  The Journal to Stella
• He became, and is still, a prosperous lawyer in Glasgow. —  Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
• And the more elaborate the whole deception became, the more the danger grew. —  Tour De Force - Christianna Brand - Cockrill 06: 1955
• Her name became a household word in thousands of Northern homes. —  A Woman's Life-Work

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