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Treatments typically begin with physical therapy, medication, and injections into the affected joint.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The trial at Southwark Crown Court, which could last up to 10 weeks, is expected to begin with the process of jury selection on Monday morning.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
This composition changes meter with nearly each bar; its form is uneven to begin with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Did we ever have those skills to begin with?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
To think of his story as political fodder, and I'm ashamed of that to begin with, but when I stand down here, and hold his grandmother's hand, the world inverts.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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