underway

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About 50 gallons of water spilled into a storm drain at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, and testing is underway to see if the water contained any toxic chemicals, Orange County health officials said Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Adel Bokhsam, a reconstruction official with whom AFP visited construction sites, said a host of projects are currently underway, which he said were about 80 percent completed.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution are already underway because of concerns about biodiversity loss and air quality.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

She described what the ATF had accomplished in recent years, then she laid bare the extent of the pullback now underway.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

The ship was in great condition for a three-hundred-year- old vessel, but it would still take a crew of fifty several hours to get underway.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan