began
Americanverb
verb
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DCWP’s investigation, which began in 2022, found that Starbucks had unlawfully reduced employees’ hours, denied them the opportunity to pick up additional shifts, and failed to give its employees regular schedules.
Only one race at a time, he began to claw his way back.
The consultation process began on Monday, and is expected to end in the first quarter of next year.
From BBC
He denied seeing anyone in the street shouting as the fire began and said he did not find out about it for two days.
From BBC
They began to pull their money from Credit Suisse en masse, triggering the bank’s forced rescue.
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