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District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said that the antitrust trial would begin March 2, much later than Paramount executives wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Broken TV economics have prompted the NBA to begin making plans to build a centralized streaming platform for fans to watch basketball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
They should begin with a win, but this is the start of a full-on campaign for them, which makes it far more difficult, and they will need to add to their squad.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pant's trial, scheduled to begin on December 15, could become a key test as European nations step up action against Russia's shadow fleet.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
But you could tell Tansy didn’t know where to begin.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Measures are being put in place to discourage young people from remaining at the site once the new school term begins.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"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
Our story begins in a city, with buildings and streets and bridges and parks.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Norris pipped Russell by 0.102 seconds as raindrops began to appear on the drivers' visors.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"In our study, pesticides began to accumulate in queens over time, suggesting that worker filtration capacity can be overwhelmed," Encerrado-Manriquez said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Soon after the war began in late February, China’s crude-oil imports fell sharply.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Players began to eat in total silence focused on their task at hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
When the Gestapo came to the barn where the woman was hidden, not the baby but the mother began to shriek with hysteria.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
She has already begun guiding the next generation under MVP, managing talents like Krista Rosado and Alexis Chaparro.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
And in some parts of the country—especially the Midwest and the Northeast—the declines have already begun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The assumption was built into the feature: We have already begun shopping for you.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 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
I think about the subtle tension he’s already begun to build in just a few measures.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But the uncovering of larger quantities at the beginning of August is what caught the attention of many people.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Now, that threat is beginning to take shape.
From Salon ● 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
I mean everything about this project from beginning to end is blood, sweat and tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But Darlene, at least, started right from the beginning.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
