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Right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the stalwart of the rotation, certainly has performed to the level of a Game 1 starter, both this season and in a heroic World Series run last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
He has made three league appearances for Andoni Iraola's Liverpool this season but only one of them has come as a starter.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
For some, $6,000 handbags have made $1,000 shoes the new starter luxury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
I would back Max Dowman to be part of the England squad for 2028 but in terms of a starter my only area of uncertainty is at right-back.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
As the family settled down, Gul Khan’s teenage son brought a starter salad to their table, along with glasses of dogh, a yogurt drink filled with chopped cucumbers and mint.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
The Saints are slow starters but they have looked good down the stretch of games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Five starters, including last year’s Super Bowl champion, have already gone down in the first two weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Snell isn’t the sturdiest of starters, having missed most of the season because of shoulder fatigue and loose bodies in his left elbow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
For starters, AI must support a business goal, according to Kathleen Hogan, executive vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But here, for starters, is Quintilian: “The whole art of oratory, as the most and greatest writers have taught, consists of five parts: invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
