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District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said that the antitrust trial would begin March 2, much later than Paramount executives wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Broken TV economics have prompted the NBA to begin making plans to build a centralized streaming platform for fans to watch basketball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Alonso is a breath of fresh air too, and I think he will begin with a win.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ms. Martinez passes out the exams, and as soon as she tells us to begin, I attack each problem, one after the other.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
"My path really begins in that little church in Mondolfo in the Marche region, where, from the time I was a child, I would go with my mother to help clean that building," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The results suggest that pesticides may continue accumulating in a colony even after exposure begins, especially once worker bees are no longer able to remove contaminants as effectively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
The next round of federal campaign fundraising data will not be available until mid-October, just before early voting begins.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Tarling was the younger brother of Netcompany Inoes rider Josh Tarling, who was announced on Thursday in the team's line-up for the Vuelta a Espana three-week Grand Tour, which begins on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Before I can glare some more at Woo, the sword begins vibrating in my hands like those electric coasters that restaurants give you.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
But after eight laps Norris radioed his team to say he had no rear grip and he began to lose time to the Mercedes and fall back into the clutches of Leclerc.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Their goal is to push observations closer to the time when the universe's first generations of stars and galaxies began to emerge.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
But after several sessions, he began to suspect her personal beliefs were slanting her advice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Players began to eat in total silence focused on their task at hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Once she had finished drinking, she began sloshing her trunk about, and splashing me with icy water, which I did not appreciate at all.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
GlowDrop has begun featuring men in its ads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The assumption was built into the feature: We have already begun shopping for you.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The eight-carriage train was travelling at about 65 mph when it derailed - within the 70mph speed limit - and the driver had begun to brake as the train approached the site.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The insurance company State Farm has begun sending checks to millions of policyholders as part of the company’s largest-ever cash-back dividend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“There is no place more delightful than one’s own fireplace,” she read, and nodded in agreement, for the library had begun to get chilly now that afternoon was turning to dusk.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Paramount’s agreement with Warner included a “ticking fee” with payments to Warner shareholders of roughly $650 million a quarter, beginning this October, until the transaction closes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Now, that threat is beginning to take shape.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
He loved this club - it was very clear since the beginning for me - but I understood that probably the outcome was going to be what it has been at the end.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Last night they danced all night long from the very beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But Theo said he hadn’t been outside all night, not since we got home, and the rain didn’t start until much later—it was only beginning to rain when I reached Central.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
