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The recent announcement that the military would begin testing the testosterone levels of “warfighters” sounded less like Pentagon policy than the pilot episode of “America’s Next Top Alpha.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The only man who can truly consider himself safe is the one who will begin his title defense on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
His trial is scheduled to begin on 26 October.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Pant's trial, scheduled to begin on December 15, could become a key test as European nations step up action against Russia's shadow fleet.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
It can begin in one area of the brain and spread to other regions, sometimes sending your muscles into involuntary convulsions.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
"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
Add to that higher interest rates in response to recent inflation shocks and the picture begins to look grim.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Farther beneath us, the ocean is so blue that I can’t tell where the water ends and the sky begins.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Samuel Kiarie, the deputy commissioner of West Pokot county, says he thinks the rush began after two notable discoveries.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"In our study, pesticides began to accumulate in queens over time, suggesting that worker filtration capacity can be overwhelmed," Encerrado-Manriquez said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
And Arsenal began its championship defense on Friday night with a 3-0 victory over Coventry City, which prompted giddy speculation that Arsenal might actually be fun to watch this season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
In response, Arcadia officials this month began what they say is a pioneering effort to determine how to protect local municipalities from influence by foreign governments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Others began peeking from the earth, dotting the soil in gray and pink and blue.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
And in some parts of the country—especially the Midwest and the Northeast—the declines have already begun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Work has begun on removing the carriages of the train that derailed near Lewes with 150 people on board.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I had just begun to lilt toward sleep when my phone buzzed.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 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
Our land rush is over before it’s begun.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
But the uncovering of larger quantities at the beginning of August is what caught the attention of many people.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Now, that threat is beginning to take shape.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Cole said the indictments against the Sinaloa officials “were just the beginning of what is to come in Mexico.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Tickets for the Paralympics will also go on sale in 2027, beginning with a lottery for assigned time slots, similar to the first Olympic ticket drops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But that always happens in the beginning of learning new material.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
