beginning and end

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No one, not vocalist Philip Bailey, percussionist Ralph Johnson or Verdine White, disputes that Maurice White was the beginning and end of Earth, Wind & Fire, musically, aesthetically, administratively or quasi-militarily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

When I look back, my eyes go right to these two books, the beginning and end of something, and maybe, a new beginning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

These visible operations represent only the beginning and end of a five-stage process that brings fossil fuels from the ground to their final use.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

For England to be a man down and have to bowl twice on Friday was far from ideal, albeit if they were limited bursts at the beginning and end of the day.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

It didn’t require much thought and it was a task with a clear beginning and end.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly