embarked upon

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But the couple derived their sense of purpose from the arduous journeys embarked upon by their relatives, as well as from the stories of the modern immigrants with whom the two women worked professionally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Surrey's captain played Woakes to mid on, embarked upon an impossible single and failed to regain his ground after wicketkeeper Kai Smith made the most of an inaccurate throw from Ed Barnard.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I embarked upon a role as his factotum in Washington.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024

My family embarked upon this quest in an effort to have a little fun during a quiet summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

Zola himself also embarked upon a project as vast and all-encompassing as Wagner’s Ring, a twenty-book epic called Les Rougon-Macquart, which follows the fortunes of a family living in mid-nineteenth-century France.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall