running start
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If he can deliver successful AI products before he departs, Cook can secure his legacy as one of the great tech executives, while giving his successor a running start.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
If you're ready to try interval running, start small.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025
She hopes that the city will invest in more long-term solutions to help local entrepreneurs get a running start.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
"Threads will be off to a running start as it is built upon the Instagram platform with its massive user base and if users adopt Threads, advertisers will be following closely behind."
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023
Concerned now, I take a running start, jump, grab the first limb of the spruce, and find myself kicking wildly to fend off- the female goshawk.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.