starting blocks
Example Sentences
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Every eye in the stadium was fixed on Wilson as he knelt in the starting blocks awaiting the start of the 400 meters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
Besides the small step on the road to recovery that was the Scottish Premiership win at Livingston at the weekend, Rangers haven't managed to lose sight of the starting blocks.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
Washington state has taken a big step in the right direction, but we’ve only just left the starting blocks.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 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
And yet he walks along the track, and then...he gets down in the starting blocks.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
