starting gate

Example Sentences

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That would put Trump at the general-election starting gate with a deficit of 91 electoral votes of the 270 required to capture the White House.

From Seattle Times

The current Congress will end on Jan. 3 and the Sunshine Protection Act, and any other unfinished legislative business, goes back to the starting gate.

From Washington Times

The state is more reflective of the United States than Iowa, which through poorly administered caucuses squandered any claim to its role as the starting gate of the quadrennial nominating process.

From Washington Post

For these filmmakers and many more, the self is less a protagonist than a prism — a starting gate, not a finish line.

From Seattle Times

Not since his rookie season has one of his teams stumbled out of the starting gate quite like this.

From Seattle Times