Found
Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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According to Slappy, Walter was a firm believer in this rule, including three bombs that were found lying around to blow her up.
Source: Rule of Three - A British schoolboy was annoyed when he found out that boys weren't allowed to wear shorts in hot weather, so he looked up the uniform rules, and found there was no rule against boys wearing skirts.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life - Once they both came into power, however, they found themselves ill prepared to rule.
Source: Foil / A Song of Ice and Fire
Cite this Source
Rule and Found. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/found/rule
Found & Rule. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/found/rule>.
Rule or Found. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/found/rule.
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