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start

[stahrt] / stɑrt /


NOUN
sudden involuntary movement of the body
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So races are not started when that is the case - as it was at the original start time in Malaysia.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“The turning point comes when investors stop asking how much a bond pays and start asking why it needs to pay so much.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Thursday will start off chilly with mist and fog patches along with frost in places.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“You start to have a snowball effect,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“This spring, we’ll start with a foal. A black one.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He has scored five hat-tricks in an England career which includes 110 starts, with a 66% win rate.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Ally Walsh, the co-founder of the coffee roaster and cafe, starts each day with almond-butter toast, a snack her mom would make for her, which is now among the items people line up for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Scientists know much less about what happens inside the digestive system immediately after a person starts moving.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

John starts to reframe what Bernadette did as something for him, as opposed to something for her — in a lot of ways, it was a selfless act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Sure. But you know what they put in those things? Don’t blame me if your head starts to glow or something.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

So races are not started when that is the case - as it was at the original start time in Malaysia.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The police has launched 10 internal investigations into allegations of brutality since they started, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said late Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

In his three seasons with the Dodgers, Ohtani has batted first or second in every game he has started.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The scale of distortion started coming into focus in 2023 as Macron was weaning the country off the programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Because we never had fried mush till school started.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

In Miami last November, Messi told the America Business Forum: "Business is something that interests me. I would like to keep learning because I know nothing and I am just starting out."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“If they’re making $1 more than the average high-school graduate that’s probably not enough to pay back their student loans. It’s a starting point, it’s not where we want to end up.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

But an online search for advice about the things needed when starting treatment yielded very little.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

When the Lakers play their first exhibition game Monday night in Sacramento, the big story line will be the starting five.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The rest of the day and into the night it was the same, stopping, starting, slamming, jerking.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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