Cause
Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the ice storm caused a massive power outage
Found
Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
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Captain Smooth and Sergeant Rough: Mal almost always disobeyed Maria when he found probable cause.
Source: Visual Novel / Cause of Death -
Ten years later Shinji found out his mother was the cause of his Kryptonian DNA, and Asuka found out during her stay in Paradise Island that her mother got forced to undergo that experiment.
Source: Fanfic / Last Child of Krypton - In Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, it's Frank Bennet's truck that's finally found, giving evidence to the cause of his disappearance.
Source: Finally Found the Body
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