kickoff
Example Sentences
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Still, his tone is upbeat: “The trial’s going really well. I would love to see the kickoff of Nebraska’s football season.”
The NFL’s drastically altered kickoff format grew out of spring football.
Umber said that both the symphony and youth orchestra will return in “Beethoven 9,” the kickoff to “Celebrating Gustavo at the Bowl.”
From Los Angeles Times
Vossler Smith said that during a kickoff event for the nearly 500 volunteers who help with Modernism Week, she asked for a show of hands from “our Canadian friends.”
From Los Angeles Times
Best watched from a bar stool at Moe’s, the 800th episode of “The Simpsons” is a remarkable thing in terms of longevity, as is the kickoff of “Family Guy,” season 24.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
