starting line
Example Sentences
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"Some say that in 2026, if you don't 'raise lobsters', you've already lost at the starting line," reads a commentary published by state newspaper People's Daily.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
“You can see the horses look the other horses in the eye” at the starting line, she said, “and they have the will to win.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
"We are now standing on the starting line of our gigantic struggle for another year, aimed at transforming the regions," Kim said.
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
He topped out at 50-pounds, then refused to budge from the starting line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
By the time Joe and the boys had limbered up and paddled to the starting line, at a little before 5:15, perhaps twenty-five thousand people had entered the regatta grounds.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
