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This week it said the tropical Pacific was "approaching El Niño conditions", with central Pacific temperatures already crossing its thresholds, but it stopped short of formally declaring the event had begun.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

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

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

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

It had all begun when Clare was a very new Usher, so new, in fact, that he’d not yet adopted his beloved cloak-and-monocle disguise.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman