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I will begin collecting Social Security in five years, at 70, with an estimated monthly benefit of $4,000.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
But some reporters pressed Warsh on what he was waiting for to begin raising rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The school is targeting early 2027 for activity to begin at the site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The trial - which will begin on 21 December - is expected to include evidence from Mountbatten-Windsor via videolink.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
When she tells us this, my knees begin to feel weak.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The novel begins when Gelsomina ingests five parasitic worms after lapping up lake water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"It begins with the transfer of gold from the mantle into a melt that eventually forms volcanoes. The alchemy starts long before the metal reaches the surface."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
As a new dawn begins for City in the Far East, Grealish will be watching on hoping the sun is not setting on his Blues career.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The real tests for this fresh new roster — down an all-time talent but so much more solid in the center — come when the season begins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
At this point all I can imagine doing is falling into my bed for thirty minutes before my shift begins.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The company, which was founded in China, did not disclose what the FTC is investigating, or when the probe began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She began presenting on the Sky At Night in 2023, and recently did a show on Jodrell Bank's history and the research there.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The revelation broadens a cyber incident that OpenAI described as unprecedented and which began when two of its models hacked Hugging Face, a site developers use to store and share AI models and code.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The organization has partnered with the city on the campus’ redesign since 2012, when planning began to incorporate a vacant lot adjoining the towers into the campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Miss ten Boom,” the officer began in excellent Dutch, “I have a few questions I believe you can help me with.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Engelschall said the Inland Empire’s community colleges were slow to recover after the pandemic but have begun to rebuild their transfer pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Households that have only begun to adjust to higher gasoline prices get hit with another increase in essential expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The world's tech giants have already begun slapping their own labels in anticipation of the rules.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
On nine occasions this season, including at the Masters and the US Open, he has begun with a round of 70 or over, leaving himself playing catch-up for the rest of the tournament.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Unbelievably, the Mary Rose’s gunnery crew had failed to obey an order to close the gunports after the ship had begun to list.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
According to Kpler, average weekly crude flows fell to 2.57 million barrels a day in the week beginning July 20, down roughly 61% from 6.60 million barrels a day in the week beginning July 6.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
At the beginning of July, about 50 protesters gathered outside of the warehouse and called for the warehouse operator to “pack up and leave” after cleaning up its mess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Sánchez spoke on Tuesday of highly challenging hours and days ahead but of light beginning to appear "at the end of the tunnel".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
US lawmakers gathered beneath the Capitol dome Tuesday to honor Republican senator Lindsey Graham, beginning a day of mourning set to draw President Donald Trump and world leaders to Washington.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
I said at the beginning that you could decide for yourself what kind of luck he had at the end.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
