starting blocks
Example Sentences
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Workers crouch on starting blocks to sprint for a snack during their 30-second lunch break; characters switch actors in the middle of a take, pretending that the swap is merely a disguise.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
So - which parts of Team GB triumphed, and which struggled to get off the starting blocks?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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
Britain and the euro zone out of the starting blocks already.
From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023
He also had starting blocks, which are big and metal and heavy, shoved in there.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
