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Filming for the series has commenced in Tenby, Cardiff and along the south Wales coastline.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Museum director-general Bart Ouvry said a new effort to digitize its archives commenced at the start of February, building on past work to create a homogenized data set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Shares are at their highest level since they commenced trading on the New York Stock Exchange in February 2020.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Many Americans were still in the region as hostilities commenced, and were left with little help from both the State Department and U.S. embassies.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

“Jest fore Li’l Beulah got thar, a storm come up and hailstones big as this commenced a-fallin’.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns