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Where did the narrative for this particular world begin for you?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The league's first season could begin next summer and its first 'talent qualifier' was held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday, with GB players among the 57 international hopefuls showcasing their skills.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A longtime buyer of US weaponry, Greece is also to acquire 20 F-35 warplanes, with pilot training to begin in 2027, according to the Greek prime minister.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Wall Street had been speculating whether Meta would begin leasing out its data-center capacity as a way of monetizing its AI infrastructure in a highly profitable manner.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
I’d really wanted to begin this fresh start, well, fresh.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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When AI begins to wobble, investors have tended to shift money into other corners of the market, helping mitigate losses in the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It begins as fight choreography but as it progresses, it starts to get more expressionistic,” says Jeff Kuperman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
She begins naming the children in her classroom.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
This 2024 speech begins by recalling a remark by Judge John Roberts, as he then was, during his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
THE adventure really begins in differences—the great differences between people and animals, between the way we live now and the way we once lived, between the Mall and the Woods.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Browning said when her comic friends began to create clips for social media, they were able to travel around the country and perform for the fans they’ve garnered from their content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Yoon began working at SK hynix's Icheon chip plant in 1996 and was diagnosed with cancer in 2018.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Accused men began filing “John Doe” lawsuits, alleging they were being expelled or suspended without due process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Shipments of water on passenger ferry the MS Oldenberg from north Devon began in August.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But as the days passed I began to discover a subtle danger.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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But he’d begun to rush the move, which caused his arm to lag behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
She had also begun feeding advice through people in El-Sayed’s orbit about how he talked to Black voters.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The government said operations had also begun on several other fronts, including the capital Sanaa, which fell to the Houthis at the start of the civil war 12 years ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
While Western tourists had begun to come to Shangri-La decades earlier, the domestic tourist boom began after Covid-19-era lockdowns left China’s growing middle class grappling for a sense of escape and meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The rhythmic stamping had already begun in the Lagerstrasse.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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For spring 2027, you created this fantastical garden populated by insects, beginning with a chrysalis and ending with the emergence of butterflies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
India, the world's third-largest buyer of oil, normally sources about half of its crude through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the beginning of the Middle East war.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now Germany is beginning to recover, helped by a surge in government spending and a revival in industrial activity, while France is losing momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The long running takeover process has featured controversy since the beginning.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
I had a hard time breathing, and I realized what should have been obvious to me from the beginning.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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