starting blocks
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Next up was the boys’ 100-meter-dash finals, and because Panek and Barkley were using the same lane, it was her responsibility to hold down his metal starting blocks for him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
It is not the sprint finish to the finish line, but the sprint finish to the starting blocks.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 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
The children nodded and braced themselves to take off from their seats like sprinters at the starting blocks.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
