Example Sentences

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But it is clearly sports that has kick-started Qatar’s effort to revamp its global image.

From Washington Times • Dec. 10, 2022

"It is a temporary solution until a new EU price index ensuring a better functioning of the market is developed. The Commission has kick-started work on this," she told lawmakers.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2022

Already, Jones has kick-started several major menswear trends.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2019

This research has kick-started an Ashes-style competition to sequence an entire chromosome in a single read.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2018

Fracking has allowed drillers to unlock huge new reservoirs of oil and natural gas over the past few years, and has kick-started economies from North Dakota to western Pennsylvania to here in northern Colorado.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2012