initiate
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On Friday, Villa had said they would initiate legal action against the former England defender for what they described as "unacceptable insults" made by Carragher on the Stick to Football podcast.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
On Friday, Villa said they would initiate legal action against the former England defender for what they described as "unacceptable insults".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"It is coming into serious conflict with the peace efforts of the United States and American negotiators, who are making vigorous efforts to initiate the peace process," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
When Wolfe Herd founded Bumble, she sought to turn the traditional dating dynamic on its head by creating a platform on which women initiate conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
“A change at one point, in one molecule even, may reverberate throughout the entire system to initiate changes in seemingly unrelated organs and tissues,” says a recent summary of the present status of medical research.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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It initiates coverage of the stock with a buy rating and a target price of 65.00 pesos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The brokerage initiates coverage of the stock with an add rating and a target price of 7,000.00 rupiah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The bank initiates coverage with a buy rating and a target price of 1,350 Indian rupees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
TD Cowen initiates coverage on IQM’s U.S.-listed shares with a Buy rating, citing the quantum developer’s early market lead.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
I don’t know why a Dauntless leader would be responsible for a group of initiates, but maybe it is just for tonight.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Villanueva initiated a criminal investigation of a Los Angeles Times reporter before walking it back amid widespread condemnation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Ross Stores and On Holding are two plays for Wolfe Research’s Spencer Hanus, who just initiated coverage of the specialty retail sector.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Aggressive behavior initiated by species other than honey bees was uncommon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The requirement to divest the business was fully shared with Akzo very recently and the company has initiated discussions for a sale, the CEO said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
He was also one of the last to see it in pure form: his visit, as Alfred Crosby put it, initiated the process of knitting together the seams of Pangaea.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Twelve hours later, a landslide from the adjacent mountain unexpectedly collapsed into the fjord, initiating the second-highest tsunami in recorded history.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The judge ordered the companies to "refrain from initiating, pursuing, carrying out or having carried out any material actions" that would involve drilling, installing infrastructure or extracting hydrocarbons, according to a ruling seen by AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
StubHub changed its designated mailing address for initiating arbitration at least seven times between January 2025 and July 2026, according to those customers, who said their certified mail bounced back as undelivered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Henshall had been asked to provide insight into Villa's workings by TransferRoom, which uses its online platform to connect clubs and agents, potentially initiating or accelerating moves.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“I mean, I can do a lotta stuff. But initiating someone as a shadowshaper, that’s like...that’s on the heavy-duty elder tip. I’m just not there yet.”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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