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“A war can begin with a unilateral decision,” Abdelatty said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
We begin with a thought at odds with the mood of the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
But paradise can’t be lost if it was never really paradise to begin with.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Tommy refused to be upfront about why he would assume El-Sayed, of all people, would support them to begin with.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
‘In disputes about natural phenomena,’ wrote Galileo, ‘one must not begin with the authority of scriptural passages, but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations.’
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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