at the start
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"I had a biology teacher who wasn't there at the start of the year," he told AFP at the protest on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
It says she made numerous efforts to contact counsel at the start of the search, but the agents prevented her from doing so for more than an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Excited staff and 940 pupils moved into the £50m complex at the start of September.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The closure of a critical corridor over Iraq at the start of the Iran war this year pushed more airlines to fly through Saudi airspace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Like I told y’all at the start, we won’t be here too long. Sister Brown’s baby girl gonna come and say a few words, then we gonna pray, and sing it on out. Amen?”
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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