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The likes of Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey had begun the unforgiving work in England of changing perceptions that American athletes could only play sports with their hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

El Niño - the natural Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global temperatures - has officially begun, US scientists say.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The market has already begun pricing in the probability that the Federal Reserve will move to lift short-term interest rates later this year and next year.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman have only begun to wage their Nov. 3 runoff campaigns, but they’re already trading sharp jabs about each other and their records.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Since then, since that afternoon — on the bus, at night before bed — I had begun to think of ways I could save her life.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott