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Boeing, which expects to commence 737 MAX 10 deliveries in 2027, said it undertook more than 2,000 hours of flight testing and supplied tens of thousands of pages of documentation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
It’s the kind of moment where everyone in the room knows what’s next and everyone is eagerly awaiting for the action to commence.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Shell expects commercial operations at the new facilities to commence in the early 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Oroco hopes that its Mexican asset, which contains around a billion tons of copper ore and is forecast to have an operational life of twenty years, will commence production in 2032.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Then, with Rosy at last out of his life, he would commence an all-out search for the structure.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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July 6: Boeing commences production on the "North Line" in Everett, Washington, part of a strategy to increase output of the 737 MAX.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
His treatment of the Troll Wall in Norway, Europe’s highest rock face and the cliff Sasha is scaling when the film commences, is a hallucination that turns the world upside down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
With major guild nominations out, awards columnist Glenn Whipp takes stock of the best picture race as Oscar nominations voting commences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
This stress becomes all too real in the documentary when the brothers and their writing team are still working on the final episode's script when filming commences.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
To my left, Manuel de Moya commences reminiscing about his New York modeling days.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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That’s what Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Thursday evening in Texas, as he commenced a dramatic livestreamed spectacle: Tesla’s new Roadster, almost a decade overdue, was going to fly!
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
A Reform spokesman said: "Where members, activists and councillors have clearly behaved inappropriately, investigations have commenced" and that in some cases there had been suspensions.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The AI entertainment company said Monday that it had commenced voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware to facilitate a sale of most or all of its assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Poland also announced "aviation operations" had commenced following the Russian attack.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
But when he landed on his face, there was a horrible heavy thump and things commenced moving again like they normal do.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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All matches are due to take place in the midweek of the week commencing Monday, 24 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
There would be an annual championship game between the two leagues, commencing at the end of the 1966 season, and both leagues would hold a common draft of college players, effectively ending a bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Reports indicate SpaceX is targeting a June listing with trading commencing shortly after.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The squad is set to be named in the week beginning 18 May, with an England training camp in Loughborough commencing on 25 May.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
From a geographer’s point of view, it is a splendid anomaly, commencing with its extreme aridity.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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