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The companies conducted safety studies and then, by 2019, were able to start the mid-stage study that could begin to determine whether the vaccine worked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
They should begin with a win, but this is the start of a full-on campaign for them, which makes it far more difficult, and they will need to add to their squad.
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
The trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And I don’t really know where to begin but, before I can stop them, the words are coming out.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
"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
Perhaps not surprising, this recognition begins with business elites 3,000 miles away from Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
He begins stretching the wire sheet over the frame.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
The tournament was also tweaked to place over two days in the week before the main draw began.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Mission San Francisco de Potano was abandoned in 1706, and physical traces of the settlement gradually disappeared from view until artifacts began to turn up in the 1950s.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
But after the war began, Beijing restricted fuel exports.
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
A pin on the woman’s shirt said Auntie Bernadette in black marker, covering something that began with Legendary Gra.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The U.S. has begun deporting immigrants to Liberia, officials in the West African country said, part of President Trump’s wider plan to send migrants to third-party countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Brook has begun to show them the way.
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
Boaz’s face had begun to throb in earnest, and he could only kind of breathe out of his nose.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The home side could not have wished for a more straightforward beginning to a new era as they look to move on from the chaos of the past year.
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
This astonishing show of might among the Allies is the beginning of the end for Germany and Japan, though a year will pass before there are any more surrenders.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
