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Another season of USC football is about to begin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The companies conducted safety studies and then, by 2019, were able to start the mid-stage study that could begin to determine whether the vaccine worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
These begin at 3.77% of the account for the year the saver turns 73 and rise from there—whether someone wants the money or not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The populations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all expected to begin declining within the next decade.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
A prayer was said, a hymn sung; Leah intoned a series of questions to begin their conversation with the dead.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
"My path really begins in that little church in Mondolfo in the Marche region, where, from the time I was a child, I would go with my mother to help clean that building," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The results suggest that pesticides may continue accumulating in a colony even after exposure begins, especially once worker bees are no longer able to remove contaminants as effectively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The next round of federal campaign fundraising data will not be available until mid-October, just before early voting begins.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Tarling was the younger brother of Netcompany Inoes rider Josh Tarling, who was announced on Thursday in the team's line-up for the Vuelta a Espana three-week Grand Tour, which begins on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The blade begins to pick up speed, releasing sonic booms as it flies.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Mission San Francisco de Potano was abandoned in 1706, and physical traces of the settlement gradually disappeared from view until artifacts began to turn up in the 1950s.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Norris pipped Russell by 0.102 seconds as raindrops began to appear on the drivers' visors.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
After the war began, China’s coal-to-chemical industry had a valuable buffer from rising oil prices, and the benefit of higher prices for their products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
St. John Bosco began its preparation to be hydrated and avoid cramps on Monday with constant reminders on taking fluids all week by athletic trainer Daisy Martinez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
In his distraction, the ground began to slip away again, Progress trying to drag him toward its open heart.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Mothers on social media have begun sharing stories about their own postpartum mental-health struggles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The assumption was built into the feature: We have already begun shopping for you.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The eight-carriage train was travelling at about 65 mph when it derailed - within the 70mph speed limit - and the driver had begun to brake as the train approached the site.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The insurance company State Farm has begun sending checks to millions of policyholders as part of the company’s largest-ever cash-back dividend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
As the summer wore on, the boy had begun, if not to enjoy his weekly conversations with the social worker, at least not to dread them.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Now, that threat is beginning to take shape.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Kirstie Rowan has been involved since the beginning and is proud of the journey the group has been on, which has been full of "lovely big changes".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Congress codified a regulation defining a professional degree as signifying “completion of the academic requirements for beginning practice in a given profession” for which a “professional licensure is also generally required.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Tickets for the Paralympics will also go on sale in 2027, beginning with a lottery for assigned time slots, similar to the first Olympic ticket drops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Her eyes are beginning to fill with tears.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
