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Debt and lease liabilities rose 68% in the last quarter to $162 billion, and the company has another $261 billion in lease liabilities that hadn’t commenced as of February.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Shortly after his father's hearing commenced on 23 February, Sebastian Duterte condemned it.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Williams, 94, attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday, which commenced with the composer’s rousing “Raiders March” played by the school’s marching band and accompanied by its blue-clad cheerleaders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 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

Finally he said, “I commenced goin’ by the cemetery ever night after I left the store, Miss Love.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns