starting spot

collocation in English

meaningsofstartandspot

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start
noun
uk
/stɑːt/us
/stɑːrt/
the beginning ...
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spot
noun[C]
uk
/spɒt/us
/spɑːt/
a small, usually round area of colour that is differently coloured or lighter or darker than the surface ...
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(Definition ofstartandspotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He returned for the following season but had lost hisstartingspot.
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Herron was expected to get hisstartingspotback after his suspension.
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He struggled to earn astartingspotin the first half of the season.
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Despite an eighth placestartingspot, he finished last after a crash on the opening lap.
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He decided to redshirt the 2007 season and try to regain thestartingspotin 2008.
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He was unable to reclaim hisstartingspotuntil the very end of the season.
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The fire burnt out of control with strong windsstartingspotfires among the banana plantations.
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She returned, playing with a splint on her hand, but lost herstartingspot.
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The car still made the field in 42ndstartingspotthrough a provisional.
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The tenth placestartingspotwas her best at a non-restrictor plate track.
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As a senior, he impressed the coaching staff in spring practice and won thestartingspotat left end.
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During his inaugural season he earned astartingspotand scored 4 goals and made 8 assists.
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He soon earned astartingspotin the club, being a part of the team who won the 201213 season.
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He failed to qualify for the main feature on speed and was forced to take a provisionalstartingspot.
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There, he won thestartingspotand started ten games, gaining 600 rushing yards and one touchdown.
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For the time being, he has secured astartingspotas a defensive midfielder, providing staunch control of the midfield.
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He returned to thestartingspotfor the final four games of the season, having started ten total games for the season.
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He managed to re-claim hisstartingspotfor most of the 1988-89 season, but lost it permanently the following year.
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He started his career mostly as a reserve at right guard, appearing in 10 games, before earning astartingspothis sophomore year.
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Over the course of the season he won astartingspotin the lineup as a central defender, then as a right-sided midfielder.
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He was a reserve in their 1968 and 1970 flags but earned astartingspotin 1972, playing on a half forward flank.
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He came of the bench for the first game and managed to earn astartingspotat prop in the following two games.
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