starting blocks
Example Sentences
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So - which parts of Team GB triumphed, and which struggled to get off the starting blocks?
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
Washington state has taken a big step in the right direction, but we’ve only just left the starting blocks.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
Britain and the euro zone out of the starting blocks already.
From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2023
The book opens in Mexico City, during the 1968 Summer Olympics, with Smith at the starting blocks for the final of the 200-meter sprint.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
He also had starting blocks, which are big and metal and heavy, shoved in there.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
