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Qatar, in particular, has begun questioning the policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The share of people using up all their benefits, however, has also begun to slow this year.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The public’s on-again, off-again interest kept Smart’s disappearance in the news sporadically, but a podcast called “Your Own Backyard,” begun in 2019 by Chris Lambert, shined a new spotlight on the cold case.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The ship, which has 146 people on board, has begun a three-day journey to the Canary Islands.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The one time she had stopped using the poultice, her hair had soon begun to reveal its true color: a striking reddish brown, quite like the color of the children’s hair, and wonderfully shiny, too.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood