first stab
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The first stab at a post-Stokes team included four frontline seamers – Jofra Archer, Ollie Robinson, Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson – supported by the part-time off-breaks of Dan Lawrence.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The executive oversees daily operations for the county and takes the first stab at drafting the roughly $46-billion annual budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024
Jenkins will therefore take the first stab at drawing new lines for the district that Latimer is running in.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2023
The launch was clearly a first stab at a service as it lacked the bells and whistles of Twitter.
From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 2023
Course, I didn't have the whole thing doped out at the start, but gettin' away with this first stab only showed me how easy it was if you wasn't bashful about callin' for help.
From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford
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