- past participle of begin.
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Having cautioned last year about the prospect of froth in AI, Dalio has turned up the volume this year and begun to speak of the set-up as a bubble at risk of popping.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
On Thursday, police said they had begun issuing letters inviting people "reasonably suspected" of committing offences linked to the protests to interview.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
America’s investments in cutting-edge weapons have slowly begun to change the way it fights but soldiers are still far from reaping the full benefits of AI systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Having recently moved from Bucharest to a remote village in Norway, a conservative, devoutly Christian couple and their five young children have begun to insert themselves into the fabric of their new community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
To prove it, he recited the first lines of a poem that Penelope had begun teaching the children after their interest in birds had taken a firm hold.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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