starting blocks
Example Sentences
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Workers crouch on starting blocks to sprint for a snack during their 30-second lunch break; characters switch actors in the middle of a take, pretending that the swap is merely a disguise.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It is not the sprint finish to the finish line, but the sprint finish to the starting blocks.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Washington state has taken a big step in the right direction, but we’ve only just left the starting blocks.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023
Britain and the euro zone out of the starting blocks already.
From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2023
And yet he walks along the track, and then...he gets down in the starting blocks.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
