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In March, despite inflation running significantly above the target, no Fed policymaker anticipated a rate hike for the rest of this year—even though private markets had already begun pricing one in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The IMO had begun an initiative in June to evacuate more than 11,000 seafarers stuck in the Gulf, but the effort was soon suspended following an attack on a vessel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
He has begun a job at a hospital in Glasgow, and has come to Greenock to join his wife who works at the local hospital, Inverclyde Royal.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mothers on social media have begun sharing stories about their own postpartum mental-health struggles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireplace,” she read, and nodded in agreement, for the library had begun to get chilly now that afternoon was turning to dusk.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
