get rolling
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Martínez-Olguín on Thursday extended the restraining order for another 14 days — until Aug. 17 — in recognition that more time was needed for the case to get rolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
So how did this particular legislative ball get rolling?
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2024
In October, the supervisors lamented how the program had been set up only in August, taking almost a year from the time the supervisors asked for the program to get rolling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
“It didn’t look great. We were able to adjust it on the sideline, get it kind of warmed up a bit and get rolling from there.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
When the Southern California ministers were really whipping their congregations into a froth, they would get rolling on the subject of “the Road to Hell,” a byway that ran south from San Diego.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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