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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
Another season of USC football is about to begin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The populations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all expected to begin declining within the next decade.
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
‘Karly and I were friends for years and years,’ I begin.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
Farther beneath us, the ocean is so blue that I can’t tell where the water ends and the sky begins.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Ann Russell, a cleaner from Hampshire, amassed a global following of three million people on TikTok after she began posting videos of her day job online.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Their goal is to push observations closer to the time when the universe's first generations of stars and galaxies began to emerge.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
But after several sessions, he began to suspect her personal beliefs were slanting her advice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
St. John Bosco began its preparation to be hydrated and avoid cramps on Monday with constant reminders on taking fluids all week by athletic trainer Daisy Martinez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
I developed a system of billing and, increasingly, my columns of figures began to correspond to actual transactions.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The U.S. has begun deporting immigrants to Liberia, officials in the West African country said, part of President Trump’s wider plan to send migrants to third-party countries.
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 eight-carriage train was travelling at about 65 mph when it derailed - within the 70mph speed limit - and the driver had begun to brake as the train approached the site.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
The hope that had begun to mount in me tumbled.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Paramount’s agreement with Warner included a “ticking fee” with payments to Warner shareholders of roughly $650 million a quarter, beginning this October, until the transaction closes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The home side could not have wished for a more straightforward beginning to a new era as they look to move on from the chaos of the past year.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Now, that threat is beginning to take shape.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
I mean everything about this project from beginning to end is blood, sweat and tears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
This marked the beginning of the Cold War.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
