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start

[stahrt] / stɑrt /


NOUN
sudden involuntary movement of the body
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“We understand that this process can take time. Past agreements, including New START, took years to negotiate and were built upon decades of precedent,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

New START, the last nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow after decades of agreements dating to the Cold War, is due to expire on Thursday, and with it restrictions on the two top nuclear powers.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as "New START" and signed in 2010 was one of a handful of agreements designed to help prevent a catastrophic nuclear war.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Allowing inspections of weapons sites and providing information on the placement of intercontinental and submarine-based ballistic missiles and their test launches are critical components of New START, which U.S.

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2023

He told us he had then on these mountains 15,000 head of dear, and thought we might like to see a START, as it is called.

From Letters from England by Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis




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