How to Use starting gate in a Sentence

starting gate

noun
  • Tracks have a starting gate that releases all cars at the same time.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Every skier in that starting gate took the same risk.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Every skier in that starting gate took the same risk.
    — Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Every skier in that starting gate took the same risk.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The starting gate was in the backstretch chute, rather than in front of the grandstand.
    — Stephen Edelson, azcentral, 20 June 2020
  • And then the movies, late to the starting gate, in time overtook the others in renown.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • When one of the girls lost her poles out of the starting gate, Schleper went to console her.
    — Amanda Ruggeri, Outside Online, 12 Feb. 2015
  • And now Barry Allen has reached the starting gate for his last race.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Points are reduced for a higher starting gate, while points are added for a lower one.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 6 Dec. 2017
  • The offense sputtered at the season’s starting gate and has since stalled.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Then wave after wave of no more than eight riders at a time flew off the retractable starting gate.
    — David Allan, CNN, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Horses line up at a 65-foot starting gate that stretches across the track.
    — Javier Zarracina, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • The paddock, where fans can glimpse horses en route to the starting gate, backs up to the parking lot.
    — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Horses kicked off from a starting gate placed atop the backstretch, rather than in front of the grandstands.
    — Jake Einer, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2020
  • Racers kicked off from a starting gate placed atop the backstretch, rather than in front of the grandstands.
    — Jake Seiner, SFChronicle.com, 20 June 2020
  • Even a horse acting up in the starting gate results in cameras panning away.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021
  • But the starting gate at Belmont gives the horse some room to maneuver.
    — John Cherwaspecial Contributor, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • The incident began with most of the horses in the starting gate.
    — Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Then again, the mini-MRI on wheels has just left the starting gate.
    — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2020
  • This is a slow rebuild that’s just left the starting gate, and even that is the optimist’s viewpoint.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Swift's explosive talent will shine out of the starting gate in Week 1.
    — Tony Holm, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The race will have a different feel to it with no noise when the horses enter the starting gate or hit the top of the stretch.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2020
  • Expansion teams are supposed to leave the starting gate slowly and feel their way through their first seasons.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • All seven grass races were oversubscribed, meaning not every horse who wants to run will be in the starting gate.
    — Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Both will be in the starting gate for the Kentucky Oaks, assuming good health.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The main starting gate holds 14 horses and a six-stall auxiliary gate is attached.
    — Bloomberg.com, 1 May 2018
  • When the bell sounds and the horses break from the starting gates there is an eerie silence where there would usually be cheers and shouting.
    — Kristie Lu Stout, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Strategy meets destiny today as the morning-line odds are set and starting gates are assigned.
    — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The only issue Baffert has seen with Cave Rock has been in the starting gate.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The filly named Bold and Bossy got loose on her way to the starting gate at Ellis Park.
    — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2021

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