starters

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Record six-time Masters winner Jack Nicklaus, 86, will be joined by 90-year-old three-time champion Gary Player and two-time winner Tom Watson, 76, to hit ceremonial tee shots at 12:25 as honorary starters.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Given the points system used to determine starters in the Kentucky Derby, Intrepido almost certainly needs to finish first or second Saturday at Santa Anita.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

For starters, demand for the SpaceX IPO is, well, sky high.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

For starters, some 30,000 jobs were subtracted from the February employment report because of nurses’ strikes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

At the crack of the starters pistol, the pint-sized pilots released their brakes, hunched down into their homemade roadsters, and willed their cars down the hill.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly