starting line
Example Sentences
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The IPO is no longer the starting line.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
And we didn’t train to lose before we even stepped up to the starting line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The inaugural marathon under Burke’s stewardship took place in 1986, and 11,000 racers toed the starting line, nearly half the size of the long-running and world-famous New York City Marathon that same year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
"We have reached the finish line, which is actually the starting line: the beginning of historic trials, which the whole world will see."
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
By the time Joe and the boys had limbered up and paddled to the starting line, at a little before 5:15, perhaps twenty-five thousand people had entered the regatta grounds.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
