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Nonetheless, the airline cited an uncertain outlook as the reason why it had not begun the A$150 million share buyback announced in February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

In April the government announced £17m in home heating oil support for Northern Ireland, but it has not yet begun to be delivered.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Even three weeks into the conflict, Matejka and team were advising clients that oversold signals had begun to appear and their conviction in that view appears to be solidifying.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Instead, Kim Il Sung supplemented and eventually replaced Marxism-Leninism with the Chuch’e Ideology, a philosophy that the Great Leader, as Kim Il Sung was known, is said to have begun developing as a 14-year-old revolutionary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In September 1955, Mount Bezymianny had begun to shake with earthquakes, just as Mount St. Helens had.

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