first arrival

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Also on display is Giotto’s earliest known work, a “Madonna and Child” of c. 1285-90, which dates from the period of the artist’s first arrival in Assisi.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“If you’re the first arrival, you spread yourself out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

"Since wave speed varies with material type, the first arrival time of the wave on top of the surface differs for different service line materials," they wrote.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

It’s the first arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea in six months since the USS Nimitz docked at Busan in late March, the statement said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Nineteen years after his first arrival, they ate giant pretzels from a cart on the street.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye