starting blocks
Example Sentences
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When it comes to making travel plans for the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, you may still be crouched at the starting blocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
It is not the sprint finish to the finish line, but the sprint finish to the starting blocks.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Still, despite Hayden and Brandon Tanev throwing some first-period weight around, the sluggish game had trouble getting out of its starting blocks.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
"Without a prima facie right, the respondents never got out of the starting blocks," part of the judgement read.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2022
And yet he walks along the track, and then...he gets down in the starting blocks.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
