starting

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Compared with 2022, “the starting point is more benign,” said Mansoor Mohi-uddin, chief macro strategist at the Bank of Singapore, a private bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

In what has been a season of unrelenting misery, the players and supporters who celebrated with sheer joy after the final whistle at Villa Park may just be starting to feel salvation is in sight.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Others assume a low-entropy starting point at the Big Bang.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Under RAP, over 80% of borrowers starting to pay back loans would be debt-free in 15 years or less, according to the Education Department.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

He felt Wolf starting to nibble the rawhide with his sharp front teeth, and kept very still so as not to put him off.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver