Begin
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Most conversations with him begin with uncanny attempts at pleasantness on his part which then proceed into violent death threats issued at the slightest provocation.
Source: Chaotic Evil - They proceed to destroy all of the Southeastern Asian region and begin marching through Europe and Africa, but the combined military might of these continents is unable to defeat them.
Source: America Saves the Day - One strip of Garfield began with a bird telling Garfield to stop him if he'd heard the joke already, then proceed to begin his joke.
Source: Orphaned Setup
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Proceed and Begin. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/begin/proceed
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