first stab

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Jenkins will therefore take the first stab at drawing new lines for the district that Latimer is running in.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2023

Since it won the most seats, Spain´s King Felipe VI is expected to give the PP the first stab at forming a government when parliament is convened on Aug. 17.

From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2023

Vallejo’s first stab at Monterey County, where he was born, had the county stretched south “almost to San Luis Obispo,” then north to “what would be, according to his map, San Francisco,” Lydon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

Sharp was her pain, poor girl; but she was not angry, and after her first stab of disappointment her courage rose.

From The Laurel Bush by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock