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A judge has now set his provisional trial date to begin in October 2027.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Chinese automaker Geely plans to begin selling vehicles to Canadian customers next year, the company said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I begin to drift back to sleep, when my eyes shoot open.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
She added: “That’s when investors will begin to see material, not just reputational risk, and companies will have to adjust.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
It can begin in one area of the brain and spread to other regions, sometimes sending your muscles into involuntary convulsions.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
So begins “Never Say Die,” a memoir by the actor Ke Huy Quan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fury and Joshua will meet on a bill that begins on 11 December but they are not expected to fight until the early hours of 12 December.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Future studies will follow animals through longer training periods to see how these early changes develop once weight loss begins.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Of course, “The Eric André Show,” a parody of late-night talk series, always begins with its eponymous host wrecking his set in the most chaotic manner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
She slips her phone out of her pocket and begins texting, then looks up at me.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
When he and his girlfriend moved to California he began to get some traction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The Royal Household has said she is an experienced pilot, having logged about 1,188 hours across several types of aircraft since she began flying in 2010.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Once the concert began, the band dedicated the show to the drummer: “This concert is for Deen. I think he’s going to be fine.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
A graduate of Pepperdine University's law school, Zacharia began her career in Republican politics, working as an intern for the Republican National Committee in 2006, CNN reported.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Slowly, mechanically, the old furrier stopped and began to gather up his clothing.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
America’s investments in such weapons, some of which date to the Biden administration, have slowly begun to change the way it fights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Having recently moved from Bucharest to a remote village in Norway, a conservative, devoutly Christian couple and their five young children have begun to insert themselves into the fabric of their new community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Some Ukrainian firms have already begun moving data from damaged servers to facilities abroad.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
After seven strength training sessions, part of this fat breakdown system had begun functioning again.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
But Leah had begun spreading rumors —Maggie Fox was being educated by the famous Dr. Kane “with the intention of marrying her” upon his return from the Arctic.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said al-Hammami had a “drift toward extremism and terrorism” beginning in 2017 while studying in Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"She has an unblemished record of support, and has been a loyal and brilliant supporter, right from the beginning," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
From the beginning of the republic, they were carried out in town squares across the country.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
A pen portrait from Germeney's mother, read out at the beginning of the inquest by the coroner, said Germeney and the children were "our complete world" and "were beautiful, funny, extremely kind, loving and caring".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was a while before anyone came, and Peter was beginning to think that the house had been abandoned like so many others.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
