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He was excused after three embarrassing losses to start his second season; he went 5-10 as a head coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Quickly, she realised that she would have to start living like an athlete.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
It also has to start winning over Gen Z in an era of fickle wellness trends and viral food crazes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In theory, going public should be the moment when A.I. companies start talking in slightly more restrained terms so that they aren’t sitting ducks for prosecution and civil suits.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
He took a path on the side of the main road, intending to spend the night outdoors and start again in the morning.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
He vomited and cramped during his four hours and 36 minutes on court, saying it felt as if his "whole body starts to collapse".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
However, he thinks equities “could get in a little bit of trouble” if the 10-year yield starts pushing above 5%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
While he played consistently well, with 11 top-10s in 17 starts going into the postseason, that remained his sole victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
For most British children, swimming starts with their family.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
I swear, my life force pools in my feet and my throat starts to manufacture dust.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The jobless rate surged above 20 percent and only started to come down from 2005 onward to around eight percent now.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Shein started the session with shares priced at HK$48.56, raising HK$13.6 billion and giving it a value by market capitalization of just over $26 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
There is no question that Oscar Piastri has not started this season as well as he did last.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“What Dolly started, we will ensure is brought to life,” Danny Nozell, Parton’s longtime manager, said in the public statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
About a year ago, a group of us started holding bonfires at dedicated clearings in the woods, nowhere near enough to houses for parents to come nosing around our flickering flames.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Pride said she rewatched the original series, paying particular attention to the shift that materialized in Season 2 when Allen was brought on to overhaul it, as a starting point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Both parts of Casualty's 40th anniversary special will air on 5 September on BBC One, starting at 20:00 BST.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Current ILO chief Gilbert Houngbo, a former prime minister of Togo, is running for a second five-year term, starting in September 2027.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The tech company has been working with Fervo for about five years, starting with a small 3-megawatt pilot project that began operating in 2023 in Nevada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I asked her to tell me more about the production company she was starting on her own.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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