opening gun
Example Sentences
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Mussmon, a Liberty-bound senior, was impressive on his future home track, taking the lead from the opening gun.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022
Padway was the big opening gun in the battery of defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Musset's 124-year-old romantic tragedy made a booming opening gun.
From Time Magazine Archive
The current negotiations promise to be the opening gun in a years-long campaign to expand American exports by rewriting many of the rules that govern �and now restrict�world trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
The blight of the Embargo Act settled upon our commerce in 1807, in which year the opening gun of the War of 1812 was fired when the Leopard outraged the Chesapeake.
From Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
