- past tense form of begin.
began
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Per Variety, “RHOBH” began filming earlier this summer with much of the cast — sans Remini and Tutor — jet-setting off to Ghana for Saint John’s wedding to Keely Watson last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
When Yayoi Kusama was 10 years old, she began to hallucinate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Soon after the research began circulating, I focused one my columns on a list of 22 stocks that the study would have concluded were good bets to lag the market in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
What began in 1995 as Parton's modest giveaway of 6,000 books to needy children has mushroomed into an operation involving hundreds of local groups and multiple publishers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The knight and the gentleman began a lively conversation.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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