make a fresh/new start
idiom
: to start a new life
Her divorce gave her an opportunity to make a fresh/new start.
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Even though The Bee’s digital archive is an amazing resource that puts thousands of news stories within easy reach at sacbee.com, this historical record can also become an insurmountable obstacle for those seeking to make a new start.
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Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
The story follows South Korean immigrants trying to make a new start as farmers in the American Midwest in the 1980s — a plan that puts husband Jacob (Steven Yeun) and wife Monica (Han Ye-ri) increasingly at odds with one another as the circumstances stack up against them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Now, this shy, self-questioning and clearly troubled teen is counting on a foreign exchange program to make a fresh start, escaping to Leipzig, Germany, to get away from the mean girls back home in Strasbourg, France.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
With the support of MetroHealth Medical Center and a few generous donors, Mom’s House welcomes pregnant women that other sober living programs have turned away - providinga clean, safe place for them and their babies to live and make a fresh start.
—Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 26 July 2023
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Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
The story follows South Korean immigrants trying to make a new start as farmers in the American Midwest in the 1980s — a plan that puts husband Jacob (Steven Yeun) and wife Monica (Han Ye-ri) increasingly at odds with one another as the circumstances stack up against them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
Now, this shy, self-questioning and clearly troubled teen is counting on a foreign exchange program to make a fresh start, escaping to Leipzig, Germany, to get away from the mean girls back home in Strasbourg, France.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
With the support of MetroHealth Medical Center and a few generous donors, Mom’s House welcomes pregnant women that other sober living programs have turned away - providinga clean, safe place for them and their babies to live and make a fresh start.
—Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 26 July 2023
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