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The Monarchs begin Open Division pool play against an opponent they beat by 15 points Sept. 14.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
To begin, law enforcement agents cannot use deadly force merely to apprehend someone suspected of crime.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
After band practice, she would begin her shift at a sandwich shop beside Union Avenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
He was given an opportunity to take some responsibility for the way he set his team up to begin with, but he declined to go there.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
At nine o’clock sharp, Tansy sent Flopears Lumley out to ring the tower bell to begin school, though we were all there.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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They have two more days of practice before the journey begins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
The sequence typically begins near the equator, where drought helps ignite peat fires in Indonesia.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
This increase in storminess is why the storm-naming season begins in September each year.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
And as an external panel appointed by Warsh begins considering the best path forward, at least one area is ripe for change — the way the Fed communicates about the economic outlook.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
At this point all I can imagine doing is falling into my bed for thirty minutes before my shift begins.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Shoppers began trying to determine which seemingly unrelated groceries shared a supplier; someone even made a barcode-scanning app for precisely this purpose.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The 37-year-old began his career at Derry City before moving to Sunderland and appearing for a number of clubs in the Premier League and Championship, including Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion, Stoke and Wigan Athletic.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
When “The Kelly Clarkson” show entered its fifth season in 2023, it began taping in New York City, prompting the singer and her two kids to move to the Big Apple.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Its shares began slumping last September amid talk the company would buy the studio and streaming assets of Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I’m . . . I’m so very sorry—” I began, but another voice interrupted me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The morning of the disaster remains painfully vivid, as Jeanette recalled how Edwina quickly returned home before the school day had begun.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Now that prices in Tampa have eased, he has begun to look more actively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The game was effectively over, but the visitors' suffering had only just begun.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
It begun disbursing that money in bulk to House and Senate races after Labor Day.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
“In spite of all that, we’ve begun to make progress. Look here at our neighborhood.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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It was the beginning of her junior year, and 20-year-old Mia Tedesco was setting up a table for the campus open house where more than 200 recognized student organizations were preparing to recruit new students.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
The East Potomac Golf Links will be closed to play beginning Nov. 15, the president said in a Truth Social post Sunday that included a sketch of a new course on the site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Indonesia has already experienced months of drought, smoke, and destructive fires beginning in August.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Dozens of rallies and marches are planned across Los Angeles and Orange counties, some beginning as early as 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
We knew that Willem had found hiding places at the beginning of the occupation for the German Jews who had been living in his house.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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