first stab
Example Sentences
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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
When the first stab came, and I knew I loved, I cast about how best to face mine ill.
From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides
