as in beginning
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
before you actually strike into your speech, you should introduce yourself
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That means Swift incorporated a portion of the pop classic's composition into her version, in this case the melody and beginning chorus lyrics.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Yet there’s nothing noticeable about him—brown hair, blue eyes, a chin just beginning to widen into adolescence—except the mix of fear and determination that shows when the camera zooms in on his face.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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The case is scheduled to be heard in London’s High Court, commencing on October 28.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The rebate checks were issued for three consecutive years, commencing in 1999.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Everton appear locked in a cycle where their starting No 9 flatters to deceive, is left out for the next game, but then the replacement fares little better.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Around her, the rooms were starting to fill up.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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Creating turnovers is important, but so is getting off the field, which TCU hasn’t been able to do consistently.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
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After getting off to a 1-2-1 start to the season, Jerry Jones and company badly need a win.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Analysts also observed that the industry remains extremely cautious in opening new factories.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Nvidia has been expanding in Taiwan, partnering with Foxconn and the government to build a 10,000-Blackwell GPU AI training and supercomputing facility in the south, opening a larger Taipei office, and collaborating with Taiwanese companies such as TSMC to build an AI infrastructure ecosystem.—
Yu-Tzu Chiu,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Striking (into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striking%20%28into%29. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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