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"I thought it was another bit of tin foil to begin with, and I just saw a flash of gold and dug a little bit around it," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Criminal justice policy researchers have found that the proposed economic benefits of prisons to small, rural communities were probably overstated to begin with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Ectopic pregnancy symptoms often begin with abdominal pain and bleeding, which send women to emergency rooms.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Young men often don’t know their fertility status and might have a low sperm count to begin with.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
To begin with, they are the oldest of all land vertebrates.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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