start off
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With 30-year fixed mortgage rates making their largest jump in four years, people looking to buy homes might consider loans with adjustable rates that start off considerably lower than fixed-rated loans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The fans are all over the place — it’s harder to get someone in small rooms, and you have to start off that way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
"People's roofs were falling, and mould was growing in different flats all the time. It would start off something small and then within weeks it spread absolutely everywhere," Mphango tells us.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"We're going to start off slower and then increase our rates," Boland-Masterson said, describing the work ahead on the site's first 737 MAX 10 fuselage that was just beginning to be assembled.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I start off in that direction, set a swift pace, and cover the four miles in a little more than an hour.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
