initiated

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Initiated by an organization called the Film Workers of Palestine, the boycott now has more than 5,000 signatories, including Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Joaquin Phoenix, Ava DuVernay and Mark Ruffalo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Initiated by voters and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in his first term, the 1976 Coastal Act was a response to unregulated shoreline development.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Initiated by these Italian nationalists who sought to eliminate Austrian control, the unification cause received powerful support from King Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia and his prime minister Count Camillo di Cavour.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Initiated and led by the Hampsong Foundation and the performer and scholar Louise Toppin, the three-day festival at the Elbphilharmonie showcased an array of contemporary pieces and historical works.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Especially were they regarded as useful with regard to post-mortem existence, as the Initiated learned that which ensured his future happiness.

From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Besant, Annie Wood