start something
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"I think women are really good at adapting and continuing and just knowing that once we start something, you've just got to keep moving until you get to the finish."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
"People don't dare to start something because it's expensive, and a lot of banks are reluctant to loan money to set up a proper business," he said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
“It was a freedom in a way to start something new,” says Linda of that terrible yet transformative time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
He'll start something and then he'll be like, "Oh, I wish you had been a part of it."
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
Unless Nehemia was here to start something bigger—unless she didn’t want to make sure the king spared Eyllwe at all.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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