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An upward move this week would mark the first hike since September 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning in February of the previous year drove an energy-price spike.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“I’ll say that at the beginning of the day I felt way more nervous than at the end,” Lopez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"At the beginning, it was difficult to place them in a specific era because they featured traits that recalled both Late Roman models and potential medieval pieces inspired by classical traditions," he said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

France’s biggest operator of gas stations capped prices at the pump beginning in 2023, when the war in Ukraine and the re-emergence of the global economy from Covid-19 lockdowns sent energy prices soaring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

At first we hoped it was the beginning of Mama’s recovery.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom