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The Canadian convenience-store operator expects to commence the offer around late August and complete the deal by December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

"We still consider it very risky for ships to commence transits at this point."

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

If he fails to return for the sentencing hearing, the UK authorities are expected to commence extradition proceedings.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Complications commence when a space research vessel smashes into Prodigy Corp.-controlled Bangkok.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

I felt my legs commence shaking and grabbed ahold of the white boy so’s I wouldn’t fall.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

July 6: Boeing commences production on the "North Line" in Everett, Washington, part of a strategy to increase output of the 737 MAX.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

In Ryan Coogler’s Imax spectacle, where the blues collides with vampires, the monstrous transformation commences with Pearline’s siren call: “Pale, Pale Moon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

A local media reported that Japanese PM Takaichi plans to dissolve the House of Representatives when the regular Diet session commences next week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

This stress becomes all too real in the documentary when the brothers and their writing team are still working on the final episode's script when filming commences.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

As Ms. Wyman commences to speak, she forms her mouth into the perfect imitation of a smile.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

Mr. Trump was talking to Tucker Carlson by phone in the weeks before the Iran war commenced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In a statement on Friday, the firm's board confirmed it had commenced a strategic review to "consider a range of potential options to maximise value for shareholders".

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Structural removal commenced Tuesday and is now 6.5% complete, and there are around 200 people working on the site around the clock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

That’s changed since last fall, when a historic borrowing spree to fund AI infrastructure commenced.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

And so Obinze’s gleeful waiting commenced, for Nigel to weary of pepper soup and nightclubs and drinking at the shacks in Kuramo Beach.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Hanson said she was "disappointed" with the decision and that she and her legal team would review it "with a view to commencing an appeal in the High Court of Australia".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Reports indicate SpaceX is targeting a June listing with trading commencing shortly after.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

But it is unlikely, as it strategised ahead of commencing the attacks on Iran, that the US fully foresaw some of these economic consequences.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026

One kid kicked a football, commencing a mad scramble as a group of friends converged on the object of their delight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025

It was then that the prosecution began its exam-ination of expert witnesses commencing with the long-suffering Professor Murray, its supposed expert in communism who had proved so inept in his subject during the preparatory examination.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela