starting blocks

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Next up was the boys’ 100-meter-dash finals, and because Panek and Barkley were using the same lane, it was her responsibility to hold down his metal starting blocks for him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 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

"Without a prima facie right, the respondents never got out of the starting blocks," part of the judgement read.

From Reuters • Nov. 9, 2022

And yet he walks along the track, and then...he gets down in the starting blocks.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen