starters

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"These roles can always change, but at the moment I think there are 14 or 15 proper starters and Jude is one of them."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Vegas’s two regular starters, including the one that backstopped them during their championship run in 2023, were mired in the worst seasons of their careers in the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Bone chips, ACLs, MCLs, pulled hamstrings, multiple Tommy John surgeries and the recent epidemic of dreaded oblique strains just for starters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

For starters, she would have to rent an apartment, which would probably eat up most of any Social Security benefits unless she had additional support.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

At the crack of the starters pistol, the pint-sized pilots released their brakes, hunched down into their homemade roadsters, and willed their cars down the hill.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly