begun

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Business executives have begun to balk at the high prices for AI usage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

By the time the 57-year-old reappeared, his family had already begun funeral rites for him.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In the DOJ’s aborted investigation of Southern Coal, prosecutors and federal agents had begun to gather evidence, scrutinizing testimony in the Justices’ various civil trials, and had approached former employees seeking information.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

The pursuit had begun in South Los Angeles and ended near Marietta and Garnet streets at about 2:15 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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