make a fresh start

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Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander, said he thought Warsh was already planning to make a fresh start with a new statement at the Fed’s next meeting in June.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

"Lucas has made it clear that, for personal and family reasons, he wishes to return home to Brazil and make a fresh start," said the statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

LaValle’s latest novel blends a frontier narrative with creeping gothic terror, culminating in a feminist western horror novel about racism, the inescapable past and that boundless American drive to make a fresh start somewhere new.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

In the superlative cast, Paapa Essiedu excelled playing three cloned sons who confront a toxic parental inheritance, as did Lennie James as a father who wants to make a fresh start.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022

You could tell we were all trying to make a fresh start and get things back to normal.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings