starting blocks
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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
It is not the sprint finish to the finish line, but the sprint finish to the starting blocks.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024
Miles away, gymnasts flipped before judges, swimmers dove from starting blocks, and runners leaped hurdles in the same stadium where Bukele made his speech.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023
Britain and the euro zone out of the starting blocks already.
From Reuters • Feb. 5, 2023
The children nodded and braced themselves to take off from their seats like sprinters at the starting blocks.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
