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Discover Ludwig"was borrowed" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that something was taken temporarily from someone with the expectation of being returned later. For example, "The book was borrowed from the library."
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The flat was borrowed.
This provision was borrowed from Prussian practice.
Her nickname was borrowed rather than earned.
Six million was borrowed from the bank.
The Japanese game Go was borrowed from the Chinese.
Miss Winsor's 1944 "Forever Amber" was borrowed 29,896 times.
The car was borrowed by a friend in an emergency.
Schreck's name was borrowed for loveable cartoon monster Shrek.
The mention of "black-robed rulers" was borrowed from Scalia.
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A lot of the early technology was borrowed.
Most of the cash involved in the acquisition was borrowed.
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