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  • present participle of begin.
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beginning

[bih-gin-ing] / bɪˈgɪn ɪŋ /




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Villa supporters provided constant reminders to the travelling fans of their side being "cheats", and the vitriol faced following the guilty verdict of the financial charges may be beginning to weigh on the players' minds.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Early inspiration for the movie came from an unpublished play written by poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed by fascist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

A turning point came last month when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David K. Reinart ruled the 2015 development agreement “void from the beginning and unenforceable.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Since the beginning of the month, Iran has stepped up its strikes on vessels in the Persian Gulf area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

She was beginning to feel her power now.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

For decades, many archaeologists linked the beginnings of organised warfare to farming, when people began living in permanent settlements and competing over land, livestock and food stores.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Despite the massive success of “Toxicity,” guitarist and songwriter Daron Malakian remembers its beginnings much more modestly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The BND had controversial beginnings under its creator Reinhard Gehlen, a former Wehrmacht major general who had served under Hitler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Those bubbles could expand away from one another while new regions undergo their own Big Bang-like beginnings.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The whoosh, the beat, the flow that punctuated my beginnings in another dark place.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson


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