starting blocks
Example Sentences
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So - which parts of Team GB triumphed, and which struggled to get off the starting blocks?
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024
Whenever he steps into the starting blocks this spring, people will pay attention.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2023
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
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
