start out
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“Their emails start out, ‘You’re my last hope of not being a crippled, miserable, dead person,’ ” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Just because you start out being a size 6, doesn't mean you'll remain a size 6.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
So did this project start out as a chronicle of discovery and processing this information with your dad?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Other communication signals may start out serving entirely different purposes, such as helping animals care for offspring or resolve conflicts.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
I guess the proudest thing about being a geek is that we start out tending to be behind, physically, socially, and experientially but we improve.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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