wheels in motion
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If Mateta had successfully argued his contract is void it would possibly set the wheels in motion towards the forward becoming a free agent before the expiry of his Palace deal next year.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
“We have the wheels in motion to see a steeper decline in checks,” Washington said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Positive test results from the first patient Weyer encountered set the wheels in motion for the global effort to identify and contain a potential outbreak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Still, he noted that “it only takes one rich, eccentric person” to set the recount wheels in motion.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
The strain was not to be relieved until the Reform Act of 1832 set the wheels in motion again; they then moved painfully indeed, but still they moved.
From Shelley by Sydney Waterlow
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