start something
Example Sentences
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"People don't dare to start something because it's expensive, and a lot of banks are reluctant to loan money to set up a proper business," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
Maybe I thought he’d be a better version of himself, and we could start something anew?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
He'll start something and then he'll be like, "Oh, I wish you had been a part of it."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
With the cancer diagnosis giving Jane a new "focus", she found a group of similar families nearby - many old school friends of Ellie's - who were looking to start something called a housing cooperative.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024
Unless Nehemia was here to start something bigger—unless she didn’t want to make sure the king spared Eyllwe at all.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
