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
She got her first crack at journalism writing and editing for the Cornell Daily Sun.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
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
But after seeing all this hullabaloo, I thought I'd take my first crack at the season of self-inflicted suffering — in the name of journalism, not Jesus.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025
People waited up half the night for the first crack of lightning.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
