set in

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Verb
  • However, thefts began to rise again in 2023, peaking in March 2024, according to a separate analysis by HLDI.
    Stuart Dyos, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • With Scheffler injured to start the season, McIlroy came out of the gates this season guns a blazing.
    Mike Fore, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Some patients' bodies continue to make the clotting gene for years after starting treatment.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are still numerous pending investigations and lawsuits against tech companies that the Trump administration hasn't ended, at least not yet.
    Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This is undoubtedly one of the most baffling mysteries of all time, and there is a purist sense of absolute joy and satisfaction in solving it.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The fire is thought to have originated from natural causes.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • These rumors seemed to have originated from a fake announcement that was circulating on X on Aug. 18.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That indemnification agreement, stipulating the SBC Executive Committee is on the hook for Guidepost’s legal expenses arising from the firm’s May 2022 report, also applies to a second high-profile defamation lawsuit against the SBC from former seminary professor David Sills.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • While dealmakers recognize the benefits of AI, there is still some hesitancy due to privacy and data concerns and the legal and compliance risks that could arise.
    Rusty Wiley, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Booker appeared in a jail jumper and stood in the jury box, handcuffed, as each of the four witnesses testified Aug. 6.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Spoons appears to be about 3 years old, the zoo staff estimates.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Pre-orders of the album appeared on Taylor Swift’s website as soon as the time commenced.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 13 Aug. 2025
  • What Happens Next If approved, the first phase of the project, which costs $55 billion, will commence in the next few years.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • About 60 fire personnel were assigned to the Indian Creek fire, with an incident command team expected to form by Aug. 9, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in a Facebook update.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The Pittsburgh Steelers could be the perfect landing spot in a trade that would form a reunion of Lazard and the aforementioned Rodgers.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
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