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"The person who had the bag wasn't too cooperative with us to start off with," he said, which made "things a little bit difficult".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

"We're not going in there with a big stick to start off with, what's fair is that there's a conversation, that conversation leads to action, and the parents buy into that action," he said.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Under Piggy and Ralph, the boys start off by building shelters, creating a signal fire, and gathering food and water.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Women and men start off relatively equal when they enter the workforce, but within a few years, their earning paths diverge.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Well, let’s start off with 2, and subtract the terms of the sum, one by one.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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