starting blocks
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So - which parts of Team GB triumphed, and which struggled to get off the starting blocks?
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024
Miles away, gymnasts flipped before judges, swimmers dove from starting blocks, and runners leaped hurdles in the same stadium where Bukele made his speech.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
"Without a prima facie right, the respondents never got out of the starting blocks," part of the judgement read.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2022
The book opens in Mexico City, during the 1968 Summer Olympics, with Smith at the starting blocks for the final of the 200-meter sprint.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
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
