starting blocks
Example Sentences
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For me, the characters are all at the starting blocks, but the gun to start the race hasn’t fired yet.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025
So - which parts of Team GB triumphed, and which struggled to get off the starting blocks?
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
Still, despite Hayden and Brandon Tanev throwing some first-period weight around, the sluggish game had trouble getting out of its starting blocks.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023
"Without a prima facie right, the respondents never got out of the starting blocks," part of the judgement read.
From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2022
He also had starting blocks, which are big and metal and heavy, shoved in there.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
