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In a report released yesterday afternoon, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) set about calculating the loss to the Treasury resulting from the IEEPA ruling.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Some of her stories dealt directly with how grief becomes sorrow, how much silence there was around grief in Irish culture—how, in particular, a woman who lost her husband might feel the loss as a palpable absence and then set about concealing her feelings.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
And Yas, having studied the methods of those villains, divorces him to set about ushering young—possibly underage—escorts to the men who would run the world.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
With the contract signed and keys in hand, Adler set about doing the work her firm is known for—highlighting classic structural elements, preserving history through painstaking refurbishment, and formulating the perfect mix of modern, bespoke, and antique elements.
—David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
There was little pretense at closing time on Tuesday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks set about closing out the Miami Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Naturally, spin-offs soon followed, House of the Dragon the most popular among them, set about 200 years before the original series.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
To investigate the possibility of active supermassive black holes killing star formation in neighboring galaxies, the team set about studying one of the brightest quasars ever seen, J0100+2802.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Smith, a friend of Gibson for years, recognized this and set about convincing her to try for the Olympic team.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
Some of her stories dealt directly with how grief becomes sorrow, how much silence there was around grief in Irish culture—how, in particular, a woman who lost her husband might feel the loss as a palpable absence and then set about concealing her feelings.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
And Yas, having studied the methods of those villains, divorces him to set about ushering young—possibly underage—escorts to the men who would run the world.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
With the contract signed and keys in hand, Adler set about doing the work her firm is known for—highlighting classic structural elements, preserving history through painstaking refurbishment, and formulating the perfect mix of modern, bespoke, and antique elements.
—David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
There was little pretense at closing time on Tuesday night, when the Milwaukee Bucks set about closing out the Miami Heat.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Naturally, spin-offs soon followed, House of the Dragon the most popular among them, set about 200 years before the original series.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2026
To investigate the possibility of active supermassive black holes killing star formation in neighboring galaxies, the team set about studying one of the brightest quasars ever seen, J0100+2802.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Smith, a friend of Gibson for years, recognized this and set about convincing her to try for the Olympic team.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Set about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20about. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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