commenced

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Commenced in 1889, completed in 1908, it has teemed ever since with the most consistently well dressed public in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Commenced to sing, commenced to sob and sigh, singing and sobbing.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Commenced work in 1893 with Dr. Graham Bell, and later, Herring and Chanute.

From Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 by Various

Commenced raining in the afternoon, and rained all night; we had a very disagreeable time of it. 3d.

From Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Commenced by the late Mrs. JAMESON; continued and completed by Lady EASTLAKE.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.