as in began
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor
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Chase Meidroth began the inning with a single.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026 -
Hoagland handed me a small metal detector—the Minelab Gold Monster 2000—and began his lesson.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The news comes a few weeks after Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) boss Ravi Ahuja commenced a months-long layoffs process that will impact a few hundred of its 12,000 global staff.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
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Anika Reed The Beyoncé Gala has finally commenced.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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Carolyn Hax started her Washington Post advice column in 1997, after five years on the Style desk and none as a therapist.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
15 May 2026
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Charlotte pitcher Shane Smith, who started opening day for the Sox, suffered a right rotator cuff strain.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The storefront, which opened in 1852, supplied early miners with dynamite and Studebaker wheelbarrows.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The White Sox opened the seventh with three straight hits, including Edgar Quero's RBI single that chased King.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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“Fell (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fell%20%28to%29. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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