first night
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After being rescued, the baby hippo spent its first night at a nursery in the capital Nairobi, being fed on milk and swaddled in a blanket.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Injured on the first night of the battle, he was resting in the pouring rain beneath a tree when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman found him.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
Jack Johnson headlined the first night and Roger Waters closed the main stage, performing Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” and letting a giant inflatable pig loose in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
"We found it the first night, and it completely changed our plans for the course," Ji said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
Since that first night, when he’d seen Spurge in a trance, Werfel had realized that his guest was sending messages of some kind back to Dwelholm.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
