first crack
Example Sentences
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What looked like one firm’s problem turned out to be the first crack in what became a worldwide financial crisis.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
The flight attendant explained to Gomez that many able-bodied passengers request wheelchairs for “the VIP experience”—an escort down the jetway that lets them skip the lines and gives them first crack at overhead space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
But as August fare goes, it’s a sticky, sweaty hoot, well cast and paced like a disreputable beach read, even if you might sporadically wish Werner Herzog had gotten first crack at this material.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025
The first crack in my thinking came when I read Kathryn Joyce’s book The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption.
From Slate • Aug. 18, 2025
So for a few seconds after the first crack I felt virtually nothing.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
