Found
Found verb - To be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of.
Usage example: John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name
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As the dust clears, Steve is found by his friend Mike Peterson, who notes that he obviously just had an origin and thus should start fighting crime.
- In Persona 4, Saki Konishi's corpse is found on a TV antenna 2-3 hours into the start of the game, which is still before gameplay starts properly.
Source: Start to Corpse -
In Desert Punk, there are the remains of whole cities that are occasionally found with scavengable supplies, though by the story's start one hasn't been found in decades.
Source: Scavenger World
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Start and Found. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/found/start
Found & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/found/start>.
Start or Found. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/found/start.
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