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starting line

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We treat everyone alike, right up to the starting line of life, and then let the chips fall where they may.

Runners who put people before parks need only turn that finish line into a starting line, take their marks, and GO!

The starting line is Staten Island, the area of New York hardest hit by the storm.

Someone had thrown a bottle right behind the starting line of one of the most highly anticipated events at the 2012 Olympics.

Harry, dressed in a Jamaica T-shirt and track suit bottoms, charged off up the track, leaving Bolt at the starting line.

With his glasses he watched Ladd closely as the runner trotted up to the starting line.

Players are divided into two or more teams, the members of each standing one behind the other, directly back of the starting line.

A game is finished when the last man on the team has crossed the starting line before the others have finished.

“Just swim your own race, Dan,” Mr. Holloway advised as the boy went to the starting line.

Over on the starting line the half-milers were being placed.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to starting line, such as: beginning of venture, beginning point, jumping-off point, springboard, starting blocks, and starting gate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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