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

We have now seen and heard his first stab at trying to take on that hunch.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 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

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

B: Vertical Chiselling; note that the first stab should be just outside the Gauge Line.

From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William