How to Use get/set/start the ball rolling in a Sentence

get/set/start the ball rolling

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• Even so, many do not jump on the chance to get the ball rolling.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 15 Sep. 2021
• These tools can help get the ball rolling and keep it rolling. 4.
  — Caroline Petersen, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Here’s a look at some of the ways employers may get the ball rolling.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
• There’s a video message from the filmmakers to get the ball rolling, too.
  — Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
• Here are 30 of the best New Year's Eve decorations to get the ball rolling.
  — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 8 Dec. 2022
• Try to answer it with optimism and be ready to get the ball rolling.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2022
• Did that brief moment get the ball rolling on your casting?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
• Maybe Hudson will meet a fortune teller in the next few days in order to get the ball rolling.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 July 2024
• So, get the ball rolling on all of your Mother's Day baking with a few of our favorite make-ahead desserts.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2024
• Maybe to get the ball rolling a bit faster, a motion to strike hearing in the lawsuit case has now been moved up from August 5 to May 15.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
• Another avenue would be to spur from within a spark that might get the ball rolling.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• In the meantime, industry groups have set up their own initiatives to get the ball rolling on CDR.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
• Such a step would get the ball rolling and convince even more of the manufacturing countries to sign on.
  — Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2020
• To get the ball rolling, Natasha planned an intimate massage for Brendan.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• Engineers have already come out to the property to get the ball rolling on the project and the aim is for the planning phase to begin in earnest next month.
  — Mike Dojc, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
• One team was especially anxious to get the ball rolling.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• Oftentimes though, one event can get the ball rolling in politics.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022
• Joe offered to organize a gathering to get the ball rolling.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 11 June 2021
• What better way to get the ball rolling than spending a game putting as much on film as possible for an opponent to think about.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2022
• Many migrants lose their cases for simply not showing up, but the seminars may at least get the ball rolling.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• Could the Brewers and Yankees blockbuster deal get the ball rolling on a potential Helsley trade?
  — Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
• Start the discussion during Mercury retrograde to get the ball rolling.
  — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
• So a lot of times what ends up taking place is the families find their way by hook or crook to kind of third parties who sometimes get the ball rolling in through sort of back channels.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
• Small steps can get the ball rolling right now -- especially creatively.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022
• In order to get the ball rolling, patent searches need to be carried out to ensure that your invention does not infringe on someone else’s patent.
  — Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
• During tonight’s new episode, the remaining six castaways look to get the ball rolling at the reward challenge to win a relaxing evening at the sanctuary.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• Elliot-Kugell says the book has been in its conceptual stages for more than a decade, but the pandemic forced her to finally write the proposal and get the ball rolling.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2023
• Buying your Valentine’s Day gifts on Amazon is a fast and convenient way to get the ball rolling on last-minute holiday shopping.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 3 Jan. 2023
• In another version of a student loan scam, you might be asked to make a small upfront payment to get the ball rolling on student loan forgiveness.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2023
• After meeting with the Databricks team a decade ago, Horowitz handed the startup $14 million for its Series A to get the ball rolling—a sizable check for a team of academics and programmers.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023