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Simply saying “I like football” does not begin to cover it.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

The match did not begin until about 11pm in New York, after the start of the night session was delayed by Tuesday's earlier matches.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Once the systems begin to improve on their own, Coxon said, he fears they could advance enough to refuse commands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

September’s hour-long debate, taking place shortly before county elections officials begin mailing ballots to all the state’s registered voters, will be moderated by the cable network’s anchors Dana Bash and Jake Tapper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Jonah expected the other kids to begin shouting out, “Time travel? What are you talking about? Are you nuts?” or “The ripple? The paradox? Yeah, right. Try the psych ward!”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Now, as the post-Labor Day stretch begins, a number of new challenges lie ahead: ever-shifting odds of an interest-rate increase from the Federal Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Here, the BBC's NFL experts make their picks for the 2026 season, which begins this week.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Some couples may avoid them because it feels like they’re planning for the end before their marriage even begins.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Moore begins with a whisper and builds to a roar as Mona improvises a manic rant that involves rats and the plague.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Then the other half begins limping down the aisle—if squash can limp—and Mom runs after it.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

His political career began in 1992 when he was appointed a member of Patten's executive council.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Our cats’ ancestors were already meowing when they began living alongside humans,” Schwartz says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

At the opening party for Windows on the World in 1976, headlined by opera star Beverly Sills and Mayor Abe Beame, Glaser’s dishware began to disappear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

According to court documents, the conspiracy began no later than October 2023 and continued to at least May 2025.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Here and there in the parks and along the canals trees began to disappear as people cut them down to heat cookstoves and fireplaces.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Nearby residents said they were informed that an 8ft sinkhole had begun forming on Monday.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Junior quarterback Preston Beck of San Clemente has begun the 2026 season throwing pinpoint passes to help the Tritons start 3-0.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I’m going to assume, based on what is left in the account, that the owner had already begun taking required minimum distributions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

SHANGHAI—Michael Walters, 25, had just begun his first full-time job out of university when he was diagnosed last year with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

And not a hundred yards after they had begun walking west again, the roar of a military Huey helicopter flying low meant that they would make it out alive.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Efforts to do this more systematically are beginning to emerge.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Map Pointz” grew out of Rosales’ archival work, beginning as an Instagram page where Rosales crowd-sourced material that documented the 1990s party crew and rave scenes in East L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mizuho analyst Lloyd Walmsley wrote in a note to clients that Muse “marks the beginning of a substantial product cycle” that the market hasn’t factored into the stock price yet.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

At the beginning of September the average cost of 500 litres of oil in Northern Ireland had risen to £491.00.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Spiritualists gathered at summer camps beginning in the 1850s.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock