begun

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Streeting has begun to set out his own policy platform.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

They predict gutting cuts to women’s teams and Olympic sports, a rollback that’s already begun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

By Goethe's time, scientists had already begun studying amber and the fossils preserved inside it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

His wife had even begun to offer last rite prayers for his soul, she told AFP at the hospital in the capital Kathmandu, where he is recovering from "some frostbite" but is conscious.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

However, the heat of the pyroclastic flow at noon melted several glaciers and significantly added to the flow of water and mud that had begun earlier in the day.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone