inaugurated

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Manzo, not wearing his bullet-resistant vest, held Carlitos in his arms as he inaugurated the event.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The newly inaugurated Lyndon Johnson had sky-high support after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, political cover that arguably helped Johnson muscle civil rights legislation through Congress and escalate the Vietnam War.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

“My mother was the gurdwara president when it was inaugurated in 1985,” the year Ms. Dhillon went to Dartmouth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Apparently he had not realized that President Catherine Connolly, the left-winger who was inaugurated to the largely ceremonial post in November, is a woman.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

There was the Piscine des Tourelles, of course, the city’s other great Olympic pool, inaugurated during the second Paris games, of 1924.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel