starting line

Example Sentences

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This was the starting line for roughly 70 drivers who gathered to celebrate the centennial of Route 66 with a 2,448-mile, 20-day caravan to Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"I had a ball of yarn in my belt bag and cast on my first stitch as soon as I crossed the starting line," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 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

Two thousand meters up the course, on the far side of the lake, a gangway had been constructed to the starting line, 325 feet out into the Langer See.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown