first stab
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We have now seen and heard his first stab at trying to take on that hunch.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 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
Vallejo’s first stab at Monterey County, where he was born, had the county stretched south “almost to San Luis Obispo,” then north to “what would be, according to his map, San Francisco,” Lydon said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023
Taking the first stab at drafting the arguments herself, Kollar-Kotelly pointed the parties at the 13th Amendment’s bar against “involuntary servitude,” best known for abolishing slavery after the Civil War.
From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023
Estenega looked at her with the first stab of doubt he had felt.
From The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
