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There’s no reason for Mamdani’s supporters to be disappointed, because it was never a serious idea to begin with.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
The 400m heats begin on Saturday morning at the Tollcross Swimming Centre.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
But so-called “ticking fees” of $.25 a share per quarter begin Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Another star drug, Dupixent, will begin to lose patent protection in the early 2030s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Slowly I slide back to my knees next to him and we begin to work side by side, quietly flipping the pages and jotting down anything that seems noteworthy.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
His formula—AI to read life’s grammar, synthesis to write it, authorship of species as the outcome—recurs so often it begins to feel like an incantation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The second men's Test at Lord's begins on 30 June and the third at Edgbaston on 8 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
If this ice begins retreating quickly, the process can become difficult to stop or reverse.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood that begins in the bone marrow, which varies based on the type of blood cell affected and the stage of the disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Just at that moment the parade begins, and everyone cheers.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
NEW DELHI—India’s education minister resigned on Saturday, handing the country’s youth movement a major victory and showing the growing heft of a Gen Z movement that began just months ago as online memes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
We began investigating this underworld for the BBC Radio 4 podcast Dead Rabbit after the bodies of dead hares and other animals were mysteriously dumped in two picturesque Hampshire villages in 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Four U.S. service members were killed this week, bringing the total to 18 since the war began.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
Police arrived almost simultaneously, according to Cooper, and began breaking up the fight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
As he spoke, the distant colored lights began glowing in turn.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
A marvelous frieze chronicling American history, begun by the Italian-American artist Constantino Brumidi, overlooks the rotunda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The weather has begun to dry out the landscape and in some parts of the state fueled wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
She said she had begun to feel "surrounded" by the advancing flames.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The school day had begun as usual, Amaineh says.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Six friends had begun the morning making a fire, fishing, sleeping in.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Saturday, his second since receiving an injection in his left knee at the beginning of the All-Star break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
By a vote of 144 in favor, 10 against, and 13 abstentions, the assembly approved the renewal, beginning October 12, 2026, as proposed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
"From the beginning of my course, I've been thinking about what my graduation dress was going to be," says Keerthana Krishnadas.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The merger agreement includes a “ticking fee” with payments to Warner shareholders of roughly $650 million a quarter beginning in October, until the transaction closes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Her eyes are beginning to fill with tears.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
