first comer

Example Sentences

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There’s a fear that if the Chinese establish the first moon base, they will assert the advantages of a first comer to exclude later arrivals from areas with valuable resources, particularly water.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

There is "dour deference for the first comer, the man at the head of the queue."

From Time Magazine Archive

Angel took on his first comer, Luigi Bacigalupi, 275-lbs. ringside.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You are Mr. Maitland, are you not?" the first comer began volubly, though loss of breath interfered a little with the symmetry of her sentences.

From The King's Stratagem and Other Stories by Weyman, Stanley John

A coquettish garden, of a surprising greenness, all flowery and perfumed, charms the eyes; the receiving cisterns conceal themselves under vaults that do not reveal their secret to the first comer.

From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William