first night
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The first night, I topped bowls with avocado and sour cream; the second, I spooned leftovers over white rice with shredded cabbage and green onion left over from another dinner earlier in the week.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Defending champion Luke Humphries beat Gerwyn Price to win his first night of the Premier League season, but the pair both sealed play-off spots in Birmingham.
From BBC • May 14, 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
Despite Rafik's questionable health, the family talked Poppy into traveling out to the village that very first night.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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