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The Houthis, whose heartland is among Yemen's Zaidi Muslims in the country's north, seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 at the outset of the civil war, driving the government to Aden in the south.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Despite its deep-pocketed investors, who helped lure star players from the PGA Tour with eye-popping guaranteed contracts and enormous prize funds, LIV hemorrhaged cash from the outset.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

That puts them at odds with Zillow, whose business model revolves around displaying for-sale and rental listings on the internet from the outset.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Almost from the outset, it appeared as though the outcome of the department’s investigation into the allegations was “predetermined,” according to Flores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Buttercup stayed just behind, and they made, from the outset, very good time.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Those series knew what they wanted to accomplish at their respective outsets, but could not match that overall intent with endings that were previously determined for them.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2021

But the outsets, with the strictest economy, must always of necessity be large, showing that crime is an important drawback to industry and thrift.

From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Hosea Quinby

Mr. Blodget tells us that he never expected to advance more than a quarter of the outsets.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond

When a part of the common is enclosed and farmed, the enclosure is called an outset; but the outsets are never included in the numeration of merks of rental land.

From Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie