first stab
Example Sentences
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In theory, the majority might have felt it was proper for the lower court to take the first stab as a matter of appellate procedure.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
The launch was clearly a first stab at a service as it lacked the bells and whistles of Twitter.
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2023
In 2016, Zhu and his colleagues took a first stab at the task, synthesizing a mirror-image version of a polymerase from a virus.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2022
Rae’s first stab at a grand finale imagined Molly and Issa on a “‘Hangover'-ish” holiday in Morocco, but she ditched her fully written script.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022
Doubtless after the first stab of pain that the bird had brought him he had steeled himself to its renewal.
From The Rulers of the Lakes A Story of George and Champlain by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
