begun
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No search process to find his successor has begun.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Gonzalez Ittig believes the virus was always capable of such transmission, suggesting that humans may have begun to occupy a space where rodents already carried the disease.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
This week, Foley announced that the Orange County Public Works Department had begun a “pause” of herbicide spraying in flood channels countywide.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
By the 2001 FA Cup final some of his early hamstring problems had already begun, but this was a 21-year-old on his way to winning the Ballon d'Or.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The trustees have begun to solicit donations to help pay expenses, with mixed success.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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