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[stahrt] / stɑrt /


NOUN
sudden involuntary movement of the body
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"Around the age of two is when we start seeing them show an interest in others, but it's still kind of parallel play," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The index has now fallen more than 40 percent since the start of the year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

A message sent on Feb. 20 should start with “Hello 25.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Before I’m going to serve you a history lesson, let’s at least start with decency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Anyhow, arithmetic isn’t any way to start the day.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Medicare’s open-enrollment period officially starts on Thursday, allowing beneficiaries to adjust their health insurance plans or find new options altogether.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

"It starts to be a difficult situation to manage, and it takes away all their margin for policy," de Croo said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Housing starts in the country came in at a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate of 229,046 units in August, little changed from the month before, the national housing agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

His interactions with Holmes are pure cringe comedy, like when she starts to cry perhaps a bit on cue and he stiffly sputters, “Do you want, like, a tissue?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The line starts moving, so I put one foot in front of the other and walk, my black shoes following Avery’s red ones down the hallway and past the award plaques.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

For Dobbin it all started with back-to-back Covid and glandular fever infections in the winter of 2021-22.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I started caring about being in the moment and getting out of my own way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Four rookies started on the offensive line in Sunday’s loss to the Denver Broncos and wide receivers Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston and Brenen Thompson, didn’t play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“It was megaphones from before we started until after we left. You couldn’t get through a single testimony—including from families in Gaza—without being disrupted by these chants.”

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Our family business started here. This is where I was born. It feels like home.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

But Wood said that, since starting CensHERship in 2024, she has noticed that social media companies "can see this is something that they need to engage on now."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The free-agent signing who is angling for a starting position has played a team-high 97 minutes in four preseason games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

KFC has struck a deal with Coca-Cola to become its beverage provider at thousands of U.S. restaurants starting next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“As they become more numerous, I think you’re starting to see more and more people that are chasing after anything regardless of price,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

To these strains us mourners began to troop down for a final farewell to Miss Myrt, starting from the rear.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck


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