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Principal photography commenced later that year in Cannes, Nice and the Côte d’Azur, and re-created the festival atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

By the time hostilities commenced in the Middle East it had halved, and Michael Saylor’s bitcoin vehicle suffered an even more vertiginous drop, from north of $450 last summer to a February trough of $106.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 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

The four stocks joined the S&P 500 as trading commenced on Monday.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

The poor baby sat staring at us, then dropped his chicken bone and commenced squalling.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns