at the outset
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The Houthis, whose heartland is among Yemen's Zaidi Muslims in the country's north, seized the capital Sanaa in 2014 at the outset of the civil war, driving the government to Aden in the south.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
McVay said at the outset of training camp that the season would not be considered a success or a failure by whether the Rams win the Super Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
"DOI provided less than fulsome information at the outset of this case," the document said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Little Rock parents appear to be doing the same; enrollment declined from 20,786 at the outset of wide-scale restorative-justice implementation to 18,964 this past school year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The reader, then, may care to know at the outset that in 1955 the eldest of the Glass children, Seymour, had been dead almost seven years.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
