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Example Sentences

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At first glance, finding worms in fish may seem alarming.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

At first glance, Villarreal may seem like a small fish, her case representing a tiny story in the larger picture of journalists all over the country covering wars, epidemics, and global economic policy.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

And at first glance, the return of one on loan from a library in the West Midlands would not seem something to cause a lot of fuss.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

At first glance that structure looks unfinished, a stack of six white boxes hastily heaped up at a shoe store on inventory day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

They did not even glance at me and I realized they took me for a patient.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom