very beginning

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He devoted many years and much effort to his dream, Mr. Tabor writes, because Field “believed from the very beginning that wiring the globe would usher in a new age of world peace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"Our goal from the very beginning, our main objective, is for Cilia and Nicolas to come back," Cabello replied.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

But I knew at the very beginning, that moment in the courtroom where Daredevil outs himself, we were definitely heading toward that.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Ch Supt Gareth Wrigley said: "As we have stated from the very beginning, this is not an investigation into religion."

From BBC • May 3, 2026

From the very beginning she was surly with me, and she didn’t have to worry about getting over any Electra complex, because she never had one.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende